We have all had times when life changed in an instant—an accident, illness, natural disaster,
I wrote recently about my son’s bout with chickenpox in January 1986. Well, as I
Even before I met my mother-in-law-to-be, I wrote her. It was shortly before Mother’s Day
I launched my blog “Story & History: One writer’s journey through life and time” in
My kids were born several years before the chickenpox vaccine was available. The measles/mumps/rubella vaccine
Another year has begun, and with it another round of birthdays. And another round of
Despite an early exposure to ironing (Santa left me an ironing board when I was
I wrote about one road trip from hell—a 2007 trip to New Orleans for my
I wrote two years ago about going to see Santa Claus at Lloyd Center in
In my birth family, Santa Claus brought presents to children through their high school years,