I found my usual empty seat on the school bus and stared out the window at all the…
New York City never gets dark at night, not the way it does in the country. That’s one…
Perhaps the largest collection of angels in the entire world resides in Beloit, Wisconsin, in a lovely restored…
Over the last years I had prayed many times after visiting my folks, “Dear Lord, I don’t know…
Few things in my childhood were more fun than getting together with my cousins from Canada. One summer…
Biology class was over, but I stayed behind until the other tenth graders had left and I was…
Great-aunt Anna loved to tell humorous stories that highlighted the joy she found in everyday life. Sitting in…
Lights from the Christmas tree still winked from my living room. I couldn’t bring myself to take down…
From her perch atop El Panecillo hill, the 148-foot winged Virgin kept watch over the city of Quito.…
Normally, I’m the first one to be in the Thanksgiving spirit, but as I pushed my cart through…
Centerpiece. Place settings. Tablecloth. Thanksgiving was days away, but everything had to be just right. This year the…
One day, deep into my research for a book about World War II, I encountered a photo that…
