Thanksgiving has always been one of my very favorite holidays. Each year this quintessential American holiday arrives, and for most of us it is a day of joy, and hopefully a day of good food, family fun, and dare I...
I remember it like it was yesterday.
It was the day after Thanksgiving. We packed up our then two-year-old son and headed to my family's lake house for a fun weekend with both our families. Since the year of our engagement,...
Dulled by repetition, we hear the news with only semi-surprised horror.
We see the all-too-regular imagery of children hiding under their desks and running from their school. We see the families hugging---some in relief, others in grief---around the school perimeter....