Mel: Some heroes where scrubs. Sometimes, we meet amazing individuals like Mel on the toughest days. He says his passion is bringing...

Avon and her daughter Karen in 2019 I had just turned twelve when I officially began my babysitting career with the Anderson family. I...

I didn’t know much about the sport of track and field until my son started competing in high school. I quickly realized it’s a sport that...

This week, while I was eating my sack lunch on a bench at the University of Washington, I found myself staring at one of the old...

I’d flown to Tucson, Arizona to be with my father. I imagined that I could just sit quietly by his hospital bed, but the nursing staff...

I found this grainy photo of my mom, and on the back, in my grandmother’s cursive, it was labeled “The Hitchhiker”. It was the summer of...

Here’s a Friday flashback. Circa April 2011. My son, Tommy, was a junior at the University of Washington using his trademark energy and...

On my weekly walk to see my granddaughter, I go past an interior design store that has this huge picture in its front window. I like to...

When I married her son, Bernadean might have felt there were things about my life to concern her. She may have wondered if I was the best...

I found the four-leaf clover in an unusual place. A small clover had been sealed between two small plastic discs and then encircled with...

It was one of those sunny, but too cold to be outside days, when I decided to use my great-grandmother’s sewing machine for the first...

Recently a friend was chatting with me about life passing by without her leaving much of a mark on humanity. We both are at the age when...

Let me begin by confessing it was my idea to pull out the 500-piece puzzle. Even though I help my granddaughter with her much easier...

Long ago, Mom was our small town’s librarian, and I remember her telling me about an older man coming to the library almost every day...

I’ve heard that mothers of sons sometimes have a harder time letting them go. Perhaps, but if letting go means gaining a bonus daughter...

Throughout the dark days of January, I looked for bright spots on my walks to and from the bus stop—they bring cheer this time of year....

Mom’s small pickup pulled over on a wide spot along the dirt road. It had been at least an hour’s drive on its washboard surface. My...

In 1929  money was scarce. Jobs even more so. But a young woman was determined to become a nurse. The sick needed care, and Grace felt...

Mr. Clinton, was the friendly, greasy hands, jack-of-all trades, bike mechanic, who ran our local sporting equipment store. My parents...

Sometimes people are in our life just for a season, but they can leave their love with us in unforgettable ways. Three people did this...