I graduated from West Virginia University in May of 1979 and I have absolutely no memory of it. The ceremony…

The graduates with the

I’m turning into my mother! Those words so often are spoken in jest, but rarely with joy. Rather they are…

“I can’t believe you won’t let Max come to my graduation,” Molly said for the fourth or maybe fortieth time.…

 We were living in a white brick Cape Cod house down the hill from my best friend Claire. On summer…

“Savor every minute!” an elderly woman trilled as she watched us struggling with the car seat straps on our first…

I may be a church-goer, but I’m the first to admit that on the ladder to the Lord, I’m on…

Tuesday was Griffey’s birthday. He turned 28. And he still lives at home.If the average life of a lab is…

“Why is it, that you are the ONLY mother out there,” Molly began (and I cringed). “That doesn’t post nice…

 “Where did you and Daddy meet?”  “Was it love at first sight?”“How did he ask you to marry you?” When…