“I don’t have any parents.”
The words sounded cold and hard, like metal against bare skin on a winter day. I recognized the voice as my own, though it felt distant and strange.
I had responded to a simple question – “What about your parents?” – in the course of a conversation about my mother-in-law’s health. My answer was reflexive, like a sneeze (more…)

What’s Will Be Your New Year’s Revolution?

As you look back on 2012, ask yourself what set this year apart from, say, 2011 or 2010 or 1994, for that matter. And then ask yourself whether it really matters.
This past year brought a lot of changes in my life. One big change was a greater degree of professional success. But, honestly, that doesn’t matter. What does matter is how (more…)

The Giver of Good Gifts

We put so much thought into Christmas presents, and they are such a source of stress. Will the recipient be happy? Should I include a gift receipt? Did I spend enough? Did I spend too much? Will our gifts even be remembered in years to come?

Some of our gifts may get packed away  or even regifted. But still we give, because (more…)

Why He Came

I’m not going to try to explain what happened in Newtown, Conn. I can’t. To understand it, I would either have to be an FBI profiler or mentally ill. It is an evil beyond my comprehension.
Such evil against the most innocent among us is not isolated to modern times. Consider Herod’s carnage against toddlers in the days of Jesus. 
Then Herod, when (more…)

The Cost of Cantaloupe

Cantaloupe can have far-reaching implications.

We were on our way to our son’s college graduation rehearsal, followed by the blessed event itself, in the Florida Panhandle. We were 1 1/2 hours from our destination and a nearly an hour ahead of schedule – that is, until we were detoured onto a local road as the result of an accident on the highway, (more…)

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