The first memory I have of him — of anything, really — is his strength. It was in the late afternoon in a house under construction near ou...
Enormous Debt There was no one quite like my father —— in our town of Victor. When any other man in town had an extra dollar, he bought a ...
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunda...
A Lifetime FriendshipThomas Jefferson and James Madison met in 1776.Could it have been any other year? They worked together starting then to further A...
Stars on a Snowy Night The thermometer had dropped to 18 degrees below zero, but still chose to sleep in the porch as usual. In the evening, the most ...
My Miraculous FamilyUpon hearing her evaluation I became furious for I thought, "Who is she to tell me what I can or cannot do. She does not even...
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I recently lost my best friend Arnold in an automobile accident while moving my family to our new home in Arizona. Arnold was an 8-month-old pot belly...
A brief act of kindness brings an unexpected insight.I was shopping at a department store and had just boarded the down escalator when I noticed a wom...
It was a very foggy day in London. The fog was so thick that it was impossible to see more than a foot or so. Buses, cars and taxis were not able to r...