"Children don't remember their best day of television.” That's kind of thought-provoking, isn’t it? I read that quote and it got me...

I love sunsets. I love the expanse of magnificent colors just before the lights go out. I love the silhouettes that emerge as the sun...

When we become parents, we learn to wait. We wait anxiously for their births. We wait for them to sleep through the night, to say...

Sometimes I find myself scrabbling at my youth, longing for those moments when I was considered young, when I felt strong, filled with...

Everyone either knows it or will know it someday. Loss brings grief, such a profound feeling that those who have yet to experience it...

Bringing a dog into your life is the beginning of a journey.  It’s an expedition that will bring you more love and devotion than you’ve...

I don't remember the last time I carried one of my sons.  They’re all adults now so it’s been many years.  I don’t know what was...

I “Alaskaed” the other day.  (Or maybe I “Midwested” because many of the traits of Alaskans are similar to those of Midwesterners.  I...

Some people don't understand the attachment that us "hummingbirders" have to these tiny creatures. Hummingbirds have an innocence about...

I have been presented with a few new interview questions, so here we go.... What can you tell us about the sequel? What can you share...

The searing heat from the sun seems to be the only entity present when one steps outside. It's always there, the bright gaudy orb...

I reside with myself and so I want to be good for me to know. I know my thoughts and hopes and fears, What brings both happy and sad...

Every single life experience makes us who we are, even the difficult moments of our lives.  Resilience and survival are instincts we...

What's the best gift you've ever received? I don't mean the biggest, most elaborate, shiniest, or priciest, but the one that brings a...

Hemingway said that once you have your first sentence you've got your piece. All he needed was his first sentence and he had his short...

There's something no one ever tells you about living with a puppy. You spend a disproportionate amount of time worrying about dog pee...

Human history is the record of folly and madness, with new horrors added daily. All you have to do to hear how horrid things are in the...

"They were always embarrassed by me," Gabe growled. "I wasn't the kid the wanted." "You were the kid they needed, Gabe," Gavreel soothed.

American actor and filmaker Robert Duvall said, "Not every successful man is a good father, but every good father is a successful man." ...

In my opinion, most poetry is soothing to the soul. Although poetry isn't for everyone, I believe it can be a quiet escape into a serene...