Let’s be clear. I’ve already forgotten my New Year’s resolution. Nevertheless, fresh starts always seem to be in order in the earlier months of the year. And that always seems to include fitness. Bein ...

Christmas may be a time for songs of joy and peace, but there is something about Christmas that makes so many feel like they had Joni Mitchell’s river to skate away on. In spite of all of its magic, C ...

Like it or not, football is most certainly a backdrop of American culture. I have spent most of my life oblivious to this. I can’t quite remember what weekends were like before I was aware of the craz ...

There is a thief who masquerades among us. It is a slow-moving thief, though not a gentleman, by any means. You may deny his presence and start to question whether he was actually there in the first p ...

I was in Baton Rouge on the day Alton Sterling was laid to rest. The Baton Rouge PD was in place to keep law and order. I was not too far from the very same spot just ten days later when Corporal Mont ...

The rediscovery of summer each year is truly unlike any other celebration of humanity. Without a doubt, weddings and births will always garner community merriment coupled with familial togetherness, b ...

Have ice chest. Will travel. When the awaited vacation destination comes into view, it seems like the final thirty steps to the condo are the longest stretch of earth on the entire planet. Once the ki ...

The cardboard box lay open before me as I contemplated my words, scissors still in hand.  I pulled the plastic-wrapped package out carefully, not because it was breakable, but because we were about to ...

Nobody could have initially fathomed the sacrifice of caring for a newborn infant of the woman who has become known to my friends and family as birth mom. This emotional investment both enriched my li ...

I opened the door to what had become known in my house as the baby’s room. Placing the newborn-sized pants in the plastic attic-bound bin, I noticed that the throw pillows on the bed were still arrang ...