This is a prayer I wrote in my journal on Inauguration Day. Father God, I pray for our nation. First, I thank you for America and where I was born. We are not perfect, but she has shaped me, giving me opportunities I would not have had in other places…
What makes a family? Is it blood? Shared experiences? Marriage? Dysfunction? This is a question I have been asking myself all week. The catalyst to…
The Gong Show: The Beginning Singing. I have always loved singing. When I was 8 years old, the Vermilion Fish Festival (my town’s yearly festival…
Black Friday. I have never taken part in it. Never observed it. Never had the desire. And never will again. This year after the coaxing…
A couple of weeks ago, my nieces found a puppy wandering in a busy street by the bowling alley their parents own. They found the…

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