It was far from perfect. Growing up there, it was years before I realized that “perfect” is downright impossible.  The years have been a foe, in that it has taken too many of them to bring me to the place where I treasure what I had. Why is it, that as children, we...

I am an eternal optimist! Life is always going to end well! I love stories like that of Cinderella; even though it looked as if she would be forever doomed to live with her wicked step-mother, her moment of chance came when she was invited to the Royal Ball and met...

We arrived early and the waiting room was full. This was a return visit; our first being six years prior. We were anxious, not knowing what the neurologist would say about the progression of Mark’s condition. I busied myself with writing and Mark read a book. Every...