So you know how every so often I get this wild hair/hare and decide to drive us somewhere? You may recall that a couple summers ago I w...

The finish line! Shortly before dawn last Sunday morning, I finished my fourth Out of the Darkness Overnight walk. Some of you have lo...

Some of you are in-person friends of mine, and the truth is, I've been instructed not to point this out. I risk letting you in on a li...

Eight years ago today, May 15, my mom called at noon and said Dad was gone. Most of me knew that we would never see him alive again. He ...

Dear Pat, Sunday is Mother's Day. I have my mom, and until last Sunday, I had you. You were my second mom, my other mother. Yo...