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She was necessary at first. I needed her hugs that Dad had no capability to give. Mom was my comfort zone when I ran home crying after the two bullies next door threw me into a swimming pool before I ...

I found out at way too early of an age that growing up was hard. Sure, like most kids in my neighborhood there were fun times for me riding my bike with my buddies to nowhere in particular, playing ba...

Inside the hospital, an 80-year-old mother takes her last breath in front of her five loving children. At the same time, on one floor below, a newborn baby takes her first breath in front of her joyfu...

Mr. Smith, a high school philosophy teacher, told his students that his curriculum required that he conduct an experiment by removing a goldfish from its bowl that he brought to the classroom. “Today,...

We all are victims of the human condition. We cannot avoid grave consequences. Life can tear our hearts apart. Divorce ends what once was the happiest wedding day ever seen. The loss of a job that use...

Digital creator Terry Van Robinson wrote: “Do you realize that the Baby Boomers are the last generation on earth that knows what life was like before social media? “Back then moments were just moments...

The other night I went against my own promise to myself and watched the news. The first five events were wildfires destroying 4,000 acres in North Carolina; 730 men, women and children being killed in...

We live in a time of great uncertainty. Americans have been expressing their opposing concerns about what has been happening in our federal government during the past six weeks. A troubling fact is th...

The following story that I created reveals advice credited to author Jay Yang. This story is also a tribute to Miki Hyatt, a counselor, colleague and friend of mine who passed away years ago from brai...

I saw him cry only one time and I was ashamed. In the 1960s a man was a man’s man. He was John Wayne, Clint Eastwood. A man was supposed to swallow back any feelings of emotional despair before they b...