A brand new school year. My oldest, Jeremy, was excited about being a first-grader. I wanted everything to…
A perfectly good cabinet just sat by the dumpster in the parking lot behind Toys “R” Us. Probably…
My daughter’s issues had me at my wit’s end. No one else I knew seemed to be going…
It’s been hard since the girls left for college. Sometimes I find myself lingering at work. I’m vice…
Hundreds of swimming caps bobbed in the blue-green waters of Northwest Indiana’s Wolf Lake. I strained to catch…
There’s a picture of my grandparents on my bedside table. It was taken in the 1940’s and Mamo…
It was a shiny little Cadillac with leather seats. The kind the guys at the chop shop paid…
Downtown Albany was as busy as usual that blustery January day last year, with no place to park…
I sat on the couch and flipped through channels, searching for something to watch—anything. A back injury had…
Despite my highlighted blond hair, I’m a member of the fast growing “gray divorce revolution.” It wasn’t my…
Though fall had always been my favorite season, two years ago it was anything but pleasant for me.…
In many families, mothers are the spiritual force, but let us not forget the faith of our fathers, often…
