“Aubree’s school has closed,” my granddaughter Kaitlyn wrote in an email. “I’m working from home.” “We’re sheltering in…
An elderly woman in the grocery store smiled at my children and sweetly said, “Aren’t they just precious.”…
There is a saying that people come into your life for a reason, a season—or a lifetime. But…
Not long ago a trusted friend said some very unkind things to me. She was suffering physically and…
In my 20s, I left Kentucky and moved to Ohio. Then California. Then Colorado. And then back to…
I’ve spent a lot of time with all six of my grandchildren the past few weeks. We’ve had…
Most of us have watched news footage of crimes that been committed against innocent folks and had our…
I scooted up to my computer desk that April afternoon in 2016 and logged on to Ancestry.com. At…
There’s a Jewish concept that Lori Raineri tries to live by: tikkun olam. It means repair the world,…
Eleven moves in 18 years—each time I received permanent change-of-station orders. As a military officer, I ask a…
‘‘Hang on,” I said to my seven-year-old. I pried markers from the hands of my four-year-old twins. “Please…
After spending an afternoon at a llama exhibition at the Ohio State Fair, Tom Ross was fascinated and…
