I am the oldest of seven children. During my senior year of high school, my family had only one car, so I would have to wake up at 5:50 every morning...

My wife and I are retired and take care of our two young grandsons while our daughter and her husband are at work. Because we love our grandsons, we hate to...

Most mornings as I put my contacts in, I pray, “Thank you, God, for the gift of sight.” But one morning after a difficult night at church with teenagers, I used...

Recently, I had a minor auto accident, my second in less than a year. It made me realize that I was no longer a confident driver due to my macular degeneration....

During my childhood, whenever my family took a vacation, my siblings and I would get to take turns sitting in the front seat of the car. When it was my turn,...

Several years ago I slipped on some ice and landed hard on my dominant hand, badly spraining my wrist. Since I lived alone, I had to do everything with one hand...

As I was growing up, my family didn’t have much. At one time, four of us had to live in a tiny college dorm while my mom was finishing her degree....

When we got in line for one of my son’s favorite attractions at an amusement park, the wait time was over an hour and a half. I asked my son if...

An old and somewhat rare coin fascinated me, so I bought it. The value of the coin was stamped on it: fifty cents. But to a collector or a hobbyist, that...

I never considered that the color of someone’s skin was a big deal — until I was in third grade. My class was registering for state testing and the form we...