My mother used to tell a story about a Christmas morning early in her marriage to my father. She had her eye on a certain camelhair coat displayed at a department store. Her anticipation grew as Christmas drew near because a box appeared under the tree that...
My daughter came home crying last week. She recently got her first job, picking up a neighborhood boy once a week from his after school program, taking him to his swim class and then home. The first two weeks things went very smoothly and I was proud...
A hot topic these days is why the “1%” have accumulated so much wealth. Perhaps you’ve seen the viral video demonstrating, with impressive graphics and mind-boggling statistics, the chasm between the nation’s wealthiest and the bottom 20 percent. So how did 1% do so well? Is...
Last weekend, I felt completely humiliated at church. On that Sunday, we were planning a special service honoring women. However, during choir rehearsal, we had too many pieces to run through, and I never got to rehearse my solo, “I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy, intended...
