Few things in my childhood were more fun than getting together with my cousins from Canada. One summer…
Great-aunt Anna loved to tell humorous stories that highlighted the joy she found in everyday life. Sitting in…
Bouts of pneumonia and severe asthma had dogged our child since birth—but never like this. Sitting in the…
Lights from the Christmas tree still winked from my living room. I couldn’t bring myself to take down…
Centerpiece. Place settings. Tablecloth. Thanksgiving was days away, but everything had to be just right. This year the…
Hydrangea Hideaway My nephew Everett had a way with words. He was two years old when he grabbed…
Stacks of magazines and newspapers, empty cardboard boxes, half-filled trash bags of clothes to be given away. Junk…
Suzie, my terrier, lay down on the rug in my parents’ living room and looked at me with…
We were only an hour into our 3,000-mile, cross-country trek to my family reunion in North Carolina. Already,…
Folklore has long associated the season of spring with the heavenly angel Raphael. The connection is fitting given…
Going for a bike ride! See you later!” I called to my mother as I bounded through the…
In his letters, Saint Augustine tells a wonderful story of the physician Sennadius, who believed that since man…
