Friends become a child's chosen family. If his social life is going well, he gains confidence. If she has trouble connecting, it hurts and can mak...
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow but how am I goi...
I've opened the curtain of my east window here above the computer, and I sit now in a holy theater before a sky-blue stage. A little cloud above t...
Surrounding you are angels, They are there to guide your path, If weakness overcomes you, They'll give you strength if you will ask. They are your...
"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his ti...
My teammates on the United States Disabled Ski Team used to tease me about the size of my chest, joking that my greatest handicap wasn't my missin...
A father's job is unique. If parents had job descriptions, mine would read: organize bills, playmates, laundry, meals, laundry, carpool, laundry, ...
For many of us, one Christmas stands out from all the others, the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest. My own "truest" Christmas ...
It was an unusually quiet day in the emergency room on December 25. Quiet, that is, except for the nurses who were standing around the nurses' sta...
Every fall, when the frost first played freeze tag with the grass, Papa would come to our house. He would shuffle in, his soft, shiny leather shoes da...