When the girls were young and still trying to figure themselves out--and we know they are all finished with that now at 23 and 25--I made every effort to offer them ample opportunities with varied efforts to make that task all the more...

The first time you travel through a pothole, it may startle you because you never saw it coming. This is your chosen path-- over all others -- and you have learned to lean with the curves in the road. There's a certain comfort found in...

I have better pictures of Elijah Blue--I just can't put my hands on them right now. This is how he looked before our move to Virginia in 2001. He made the trip and has since, lost his sight. He moves around as if he hasn't, though. I admire his...

I got flowers yesterday. One dozen yellow yellow roses, to be exact. From my youngest, they were. She had sent flowers for my birthday last week. But when the florist delivered them, I walked inside, vase in hand--and became outraged. At this point...

I received this notice in my campus mailbox last week. A Condom Carnival! What an intriguing idea! Safe should be a given, but fun intercourse got my attention. I read further and had questions. Since I am over 50, who else would I go to except the...