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It’s a cold and rainy night in Atlanta. Terri is home alone with her kids when she hears a knock on the door. She answers

It’s August 19, 1971. Men armed with machine guns stand guard at Santa Martha Acatitla prison in Mexico City. The warden is expecting a visit from

Many years ago there was a Nebraska farmer who was known for growing the best corn in the county. In fact, he entered his corn in

Last week my family and I took a much-needed vacation to one of the favorite places from my youth…Walloon Lake, Michigan. One of my favorite

“A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order.” -Jean-Luc Godard My three-year-old daughter was learning to roast a

It is the first day of class. Albert Einstein stands in front of a room full of eager college students. Without a word, he begins writing simple

Last weekend Teresa and I were at our vacation home in Sedona. Somehow we got onto the subject of purses and out of curiosity I asked

Sara was a good student at Florida State with a dream of becoming an attorney…until she took the dreaded LSAT to determine her aptitude for law

It’s a frigid, stormy night. The rain is pouring down in sheets, making it difficult to see the road ahead of you. You stop at a

A father was helping his young son learn to fly a kite at the beach. The son complained, “Dad, I’m at the end of the

As a boy, his father taught him how to train dogs to “stay on the scent” of a rabbit. In the morning he would set out

He comes from a wealthy family, is attending Harvard, and plays ice hockey. Her family is working class but she attends Radcliffe and studies classical

You may remember this iconic story I shared in an article about a year ago… *** An old Chinese farmer is tending to his field when

Candace is struggling. She is going through a bitter divorce, was laid off from a job she loved, and her two kids are fighting incessantly because

We all make mistakes. As Alexander Pope said, “To err is to be human.” It’s a fact of life.  However, there are ways to minimize

I was lenient on many things as my three sons were growing up, but grades weren’t one of them. A’s were expected, B’s were average, and

It’s 3 AM when Kate is awakened by a loud knock at her door. She quickly throws on a robe and stumbles downstairs. With dreary eyes she

At the age of 12 I had become an incessant chatterbox, often to the irritation of my dad, Chubby. One Sunday afternoon I was in Dad’s