Sometime before my mother died in 1996, I ran across a photograph of her and the family dog, a 鈥渨iener dog鈥� Dachshund named Prince.He was supposed to be my dog, but he was mom蘑菇视频, she took care of Prince. Everyday, until he died in the early 鈥�70s, Prince got a bowl of hamburger my mom ...
Each year I write a Thoughts at Large article. This is my third installment in the series, where I share all the thoughts currently circling my brain. Enjoy.I remember when, if you wore blue jeans to school with holes in them, it was a sign you were poor, now people purposely pay more money to ...
Pete is four, and his older brother is turning 16. In Pete蘑菇视频 world, running as fast as you can is good, and in Jude蘑菇视频 world, running as fast as you can is great. You see, Jude is a cross-country guy, and Pete is a cross the living room, through-the-dining-room, into-the bedroom- and back to ...
Earlier this week I traveled to central Illinois to speak at a memorial service at Eureka College, my dad蘑菇视频 alma mater, on the 15th anniversary of his death.As I flew halfway across the country and talked to many of the good people in the heart of America, it struck me how testy or peeved off ...
Jessica Marquez-Gates is old enough to remember an America before Roe v. Wade.It was an America where women 鈥渄ouched with caustic chemicals鈥� and used coat hangers to end unwanted pregnancies. She remembers desperate women dying because of botched attempts.With her 70th birthday closing in ...
鈥淚f I would go to church the roof would cave in.鈥滺ow many times has someone made this refrain? As if their presence would be so much for the spiritual world to handle that the physical structure would start to give way. Are there folks who are so far removed from what is right and holy that ...