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It Takes Courage To Write in the Digital Age May. 10, 2024
Erma Bombeck was right when she said, "It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else... Read More
The Anguished Courage of Chuck Schumer Mar. 22, 2024
Nothing in politics is more difficult than breaking with longtime allies, friends and supporters ove... Read More
Illustrating Paths Toward Peace in Times of War Mar. 13, 2024
Accepting the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as Robert Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy dedicated ... Read More
In a World Full of Distractions, We Have to Know Our Purpose Oct. 13, 2023
If we don't understand our purpose — why we do the things we do — we allow ourselves to ... Read More
The Days of a Goodest Girl in New Mexico Jul. 16, 2023
My husband found her on Craigslist. Maybe the owner was a veteran, or maybe just wore camo pants; my... Read More
A Touch of Humanity Might Start with a Hug Jun. 25, 2023
One of my favorite things my son does is assume that my lap is still an automatic place for him to b... Read More
At Home in the Moments Jun. 11, 2023
I may have watched the first death of my daughter's childhood. It all happened as she patiently wait... Read More
Maintaining Adulthood is About Choosing Your Battles May. 28, 2023
It's reaching the end of the school year crescendo with things being brought home from their classro... Read More
What's Needed Now Is Not False 'Compassion' but Real Courage May. 04, 2023
An obsession with a distorted sense of "compassion" is strangling our national debate on the most im... Read More
Keep Playing the Game with the Cards You Have Mar. 05, 2023
As we poured the bingo balls from our hands into the small cage, some would immediately find the hol... Read More
Blahs and Bad Dreams in the Pandemic's Fourth Year Mar. 04, 2023
For as long as my mushy cerebral cortex has had folds, I've been blessed (or cursed) with vivid drea... Read More
The Frayed Ends of Family Jan. 22, 2023
I paced the outdoor pathway around my apartment complex. My husband was fixing something on our old ... Read More
Honoring the Time that is Given to You Jan. 15, 2023
I wanted to dye my hair when I was about 13. I was admiring the rave scene that was all around me in... Read More
But for the Grace in One Another We Go Dec. 11, 2022
My daughter sat up to look. Like a princess in a carriage, she peered backward and down at the perso... Read More
Courage Found When the Game is Afoot Dec. 04, 2022
The game had led us down a county road with no lights and with a different name than the GPS stated.... Read More
2 Stories of Survival: A Century and World Apart Mar. 15, 2022
It seems timely that the remains of the Endurance, a ship symbolic of humans' ability to persevere i... Read More
The Greatest Act of Courage Jun. 30, 2021
Master Sergeant Leo P. Day, who had served 16 years in the U.S. Army and was then stationed at the P... Read More
The Definition of Courage Has Shifted Since Normandy Jun. 09, 2021
Last Sunday marked the 77th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. On that day, Operation Ov... Read More
Your Values Dictate Your Courage Apr. 08, 2021
Q: I accepted a respectable position with a company I expected to be reputable and intelligently man... Read More
