Presidents’ Day weekend in my third semester at the University of Pittsburgh, I went home to Virginia to…
It’s been three years since Christian artist Meredith Andrews has put out new music but her latest album…
I checked my phone again. Still nothing from my 13-year-old granddaughter, Noelle. Why won’t she return my text…
No one wants to intentionally hurt their dog, least of all me, I like to think. I never…
I stood in my bedroom closet, searching for the perfect outfit. The big day was coming, and I…
My new dog, Honey, trotted after me as I walked to my Toyota 4Runner that fall morning. I’d…
It’s a typical Tuesday for Cristina Zenato. She ducks below the surface of the water, the Bahamian sun…
David Sharpe was enjoying a quiet evening at home in 2009, his dog Cheyenne curled up on his…
Three months from retirement, I was anything but excited. All those hours to fill and no one to…
Only one thing was missing that Christmas, but it was all that mattered. My three grown children, their…
Afghanistan is a hard place. The collapse of the Afghan government and the events that have occurred in…
This past weekend, I returned to Blue Cliff Monastery, a mindfulness meditation practice center in upstate New York,…
