Having worked on two different occasions at a prison and having been more than ready to move on from each of those jobs, it would be an understatement to say
I’m part of a family band. It’s my sister and me on lead fiddle, mandolin, and vocals; my dad on guitar; and my mom on backup fiddle and mandolin.
This morning’s reports of Hurricane Irene taunted my thought. You’ve probably heard that Irene is currently a category 3 storm–the same size as Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in 2005. If
As I stood in a busy airport terminal in Chicago, fear began to sink in. It was late at night, I was alone, and my connecting flight home to California
As long as I can remember, the stage has been my second home. Whether I was performing in a talent show, dance recital, or choral concert, I took advantage of
I am a sophomore in college and have been swimming competitively for the past eight years. For several years, I was not able to swim the butterfly stroke very long
Dear Jean, When you lost your father, it seemed like the light would never shine again. Do you remember that? You felt hopeless. You were afraid of the future. And
Sometimes the word faith gets a bad rap. That’s because there are different kinds of faith. There’s blind faith, for example, which hopes and wishes something were true, without any