When you are young and 'dumb,' it is easy to confuse infatuation with love... More >>

I've often heard you talk about how kids need to EARN things for themselves, and not just be handed them on a silver platter... More >>

I believe that wedding rings are an important symbol, and I feel naked without mine on... More >>

Eight years ago, I was home on a college break listening to you in the car with my mother. You had one of those typical 'unhappy wife' calls, where the husband had some negative trait, and you asked if she had seen signs of it when they were dating... More >>

You often refer to a time when this country had much better values. When you say 'back in the day,' I identify with it and understand it very well... More >>

...I decided that I had had enough at my job. I was in a well-paid management position, but I was sick of the bureaucracy, the squelching of creativity, and the lousy attitudes and treatment by management toward the employees... More >>

...We have to be careful how we talk to our kids, because words can hit as hard as a fist... More >>

You kept me focused years ago, while I drove an hour every night for three months to see my critically ill mother in the hospital... More >>

My little boys and I were at a park that is situated across from a daycare center. One of my sons wanted to go over and play at the daycare center, because the equipment looked like fun... More >>

My 21-year-old son and I were having a conversation with a married couple in their 30's. The couple was discussing the challenges of finding a new day care for their 2-year-old child... More >>