Back in my early years of high school, I volunteered to serve coffee and doughnuts during the break in the evening adult education...

It was about 3:00 in the morning and I was listening to my grandson finish packing his belongings before heading back to college. Even...

My husband Tom is a safe driver. He could have been a long-haul truck driver for the tireless hours he can spend behind the wheel. His...

The winter wind can be bone-chilling at Ediz Hook, a 3-mile-long sand spit, along the waterfront of Port Angeles. I wore a heavy coat and...

The day before our wedding, I took the three crisp twenty dollar bills my aunt had given us as a wedding present and went to the jewelry...

If you haven’t had a chance to meet a Christmas elf, let me introduce you to Claudia. By day, she works tirelessly for her clients in the...

It was a couple weeks before Christmas in 1995, and I booked one of those family emergency flights trying to get from the tip of...

I calculated that I’d walked past the badly weathered Take Your Time sign about six hundred times. The sign was once bright red and the...

Have you ever met a special person who can make a room brighter and make your mood lighter? This describes Sara. Her high voltage smile...

Fixing large meals was routine for Alice. But making a holiday meal took more planning on her meager budget. Her boarding house included...

Two stories, separated by sixty years. 2023: Granddaughter After School I pulled out schoolwork the kindergarten teacher had put in my...

I was cleaning out my desk, when I came across a blurry photo taken on a Hawaiian beach. My husband and I had been on a vacation we...

I don’t do this often enough—but I had a chance to spend two days at my mother-in-law’s senior living facility. Her hardworking daughter,...

I’m not a traveler. But when I had a chance to visit the Holy Land, I purchased a new suitcase and got my passport. This was the one trip...

Every time I saw National Boss’s Day on the calendar, I tried to plan something special—at least a nice note and a sweet treat on his...

Yolanda pulled a pen out of her purse and grabbed the only paper she could find—a brown grocery sack. She rapidly filled in as many...

In late September of 1978, President Jimmy Carter designated Good Neighbor Day as a national holiday—a chance to do something for our...

My granddaughter walked in front as we made our way down the steep hill to the beach. Her excited voice resonated in the woods...

During my childhood, my father traveled a week at a time for business. Grandma would frequently come help my mom—who was in college at...

Pia lives in a park near my granddaughter. She’s a huge troll built by Thomas Dambo; a Danish recycle artist. He and his small crew used...