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“Mom, I have something I need to tell you.” My son’s voice quivered a bit as he said it, and his face was nervous and pale, so I knew this was serious. I composed my own face to be as neutral and impassive as I could, but inside, my heart...

The days are getting longer, migrating birds are returning from their winter vacation, and tulips and crocuses are emerging from the thawing ground to warm their faces in the springtime sun. April is a time of change and upheaval...

Walk down the halls of any school between classes, and you are inundated with the excited chatter and banter of kids talking about their classes, their teachers, or their personal lives. But every now and then, you can hear something else...

College sports fans love and follow their teams throughout the season and year after year, even when those teams may not be winning. But college wrestling fans reach a whole new level of devotion...

Every year in our household, we run outside at midnight on New Year’s Eve. We shout and bang pots and pans to scare away the old year and welcome in the new one...

In my dream, I am walking through a summer meadow, hazy sunshine shimmering off deep grasses as brightly colored butterflies flutter lazily on nearby wildflowers. I pause to breathe in the sweet summer air...