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At a university, a professor asked his students, “If there are four birds on a tree and three of them decided to fly away, how many are left on the tree?” Everyone answered, “One.” They were surprised...

Late night TV show host Stephen Colbert wrote, “A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased.” In my mind, he’s des...

I never did. I hadn’t thought that throwing a baseball back and forth with my father could be a big deal. That was until the first time I watched the movie “Field of Dreams.” The film is a fantasy pre...

The following is a true story. It was July in the year 1969. I was at Billy Byrnes’ house waiting for him in his basement to shoot pool. With a dance in his step, be bounded down the stairs. “Hey, I g...

I love the passion and power that language can infuse into the human heart. As I continue my journey through the twilight of my life, I find myself writing words that come right from my soul, similar ...

I have been a busy person for as long as I can remember. I got my first job delivering newspapers by bicycle when I was 11 years old. As a high school kid, I worked cutting lawns and planting gardens,...

You may wonder where I get the ideas for these columns I write. They come from people I know or some that I just met. When I scroll through the Internet, I get some ideas from there, too. Steve Hartma...

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...