This Mother’s Day, like every other, I thought about the three wonderful reasons why I could celebrate this day: my children. I started to think of all those things that I want them to know, but ...

I’ve been thinking about writing an important letter to my grown children. I am prompted in part by a magazine article written many years ago by Walter Wangerin. In it he talks about his father ...

I was offered my first cigarette and alcohol in the 8th grade, and I went to a great school in a small town. It will happen. Practicing moral courage is so hard, but these are the big decisions in ...

A Letter To My Children. ... Every meal prepared, mess cleaned, and lesson taught, has been my honor. I will always be willing to listen to your stories, worries, and dreams.

To my kid’s new stepmom: I am writing to you in all honesty and truth, so that we can move forward in the relationships we have with my children. I want you to know that I do not hate you, I do ...

A Chair for My Mother: My kids adore this “gold medal book” (their name for the Caldecott Honor award winners with the silver emblem on the cover). For me, it brings up happy memories of reading this ...