“Nothing big for my birthday this year,” I warned my husband, Angelo. “No surprises, okay?” “Don’t worry about…
My husband, David, and I had just gotten married and were living in L.A., trying to make it…
My little granddaughter, Ava, said, “Daddy, I want to build stuff like you do when I grow up.”…
The image is one I can’t get out of my mind–the beautiful Belgian Malinois dog, trembling in a…
Oil and water, that’s us, I thought when I met Teri 20 years ago. She was outspoken. I’m…
I was washing dishes one day last May when my youngest, 11-year-old Nathan, came running into the house.…
Woof! I jumped back. I’d never heard such a bark. The huge brown Lab pressed himself against the…
It is a privilege to write about my great-grandfather Charles Clifford Peale in anticipation of Father’s Day. Though…
My wife, Carol Wallace, and I were on vacation in California this past summer, lounging at the beach,…
Last year a mother in Pennsylvania wrote me a sad letter about Christmas in her home. “It had…
Norman Vincent Peale touched millions of lives with his inspiring message of hope and faith; in turn, Dr.…
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2, NIV)…
