The news a woman killed a 1,000 pound alligator in a SC lake took a bite out of my enthusiasm to go kayaking. I checked the map to see if t...

 "If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again."--Groucho Marx My students us...

As I snuggled on my couch for my 5:30 a.m. devotions the other day, I was unaware of the person rifling through my car on the other side of ...

My husband and I were enjoying the pastoral scene at the bird feeder. Not only were all the regulars present--chipmunks, squirrels, doves, c...

O One year my husband, daughter, and I drove from New Jersey to Guatemala. Although I am not a good passenger, I had little problem travelin...

       My husband's newly discovered fondness for text messaging got me thinking about forms of communication. Since good communication...

Although my back-to-school moments with children have long passed, I remember them clearly. My daughter, the only girl, was a Velcro child. ...

 Perhaps because I'm old enough to have a history of my own, I've come to appreciate lessons of the past much more than I did from m...

Several years ago while vacationing in New Zealand, we arrived in the seaside town of Napier. Seeing a large crowd gathered at a dock, we pa...

 Not being blessed with a very developed sense of humor, I have to work to cultivate one, so I usually laugh on Saturday mornings between 1...

  Why I remember light travels at 186,000 miles per second and that there are 5,280 feet in a mile, I have no idea. I'm sure the teache...