Swan Mom

  My father was fond of telling this story. He told it whenever he found an audience willing to listen to the tale. He told it at my wedding...

(This is from 2002) The first week of school is a terrible time for a mom to get sick. But there I was, struck by some virus that rendered m...

When my Grandmother turned eighty in June 2006, all her family, including our children and all my siblings attended her birthday party.  Whe...

We occasionally smile condescendingly at the sweet, simple prayers of young children. Sometimes the simplicity of the words children use in ...

In May 1977, the first Star Wars movie was released. Less than a year later, when I was in sixth grade, one of my classmates came back fro...