The final part of the day of work at Transpro was washing and putting away the van. Candace arrived while I was washing the van one sunny da...

I was greeted at the door by my youngest granddaughter. "Hi Papa. Merry Christmas and welcome," she said.  It was not her no...

Each child is unique. That, certainly, is not breaking news for anybody who has known two or more children. Candace’s uniqueness showed ...

I have been going through boxes and stored items so that I can get rid of things that I've saved over the years that I will never need. ...

I wrote this poem on November 17, 2012.  That was when the bickering between the parties was over whether the children of people fleeing t...

I wrote this poem on November 4, 2007.  I have made it more aesthetically pleasing to myself, and it is ready for its re-release. This is an...

It is about ten minutes to two in the morning. I have had a bit over five hours of continuous sleep and feel rested now.  I think the thing ...

Erin would never back down from a fight, which meant that she was suspended for fighting periodically throughout her school years. I would h...

Though I love the spirit of Dickens, I say bah, humbug to most holidays. It isn't because of an admiration for Scrooge that I utter the ...

I didn't know Charlie for the first couple years of his life. He was found in Hawaii by my daughter who was stationed there. She found h...

Many people have suggested that schools should teach children life skills rather than wild math and humanities concepts they will rarely u...

As wrong as my daughter got it the first time, she got it that right the second time! Her wife doesn't need to be the center of at...

My granddaughter has more toys than she needs. She also has more clothes than she needs. That always poses a problem for me when it comes ...

Though I understand the reasons that the census must be taken as it pertains to representation in Congress, some of the questions that are...

The date the sign showed Boz Scaggs was performing on March 12th slips my mind, but it was resolved a moment later that I would be getting t...

I could tell there was more than just a card in the envelope when it was handed to me for my Christmas present in 2015. Sure enough, insid...

The water had seeped the night before. The winds were blowing steadily as predicted. The pressure was mounting with each push. The earth b...

Though it was truly Gemma’s second Christmas, 2013 was really the first one she would start grasping the concept. She was barely a month...

Erin’s athleticism was apparent at a very young age. She was walking by the time she was nine months old. She rode a bicycle for the first...

Erin’s athleticism was apparent as a young child. She was walking at nine months, and rode a two-wheeler for the first time when she was t...