Teenagers
I've made a deal with my kids--that I will do my best not to needlessly embarrass them. If/when I do--I've asked them to point it…
Best revenge
Living well is the best revenge.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 272. Several caveats are in order before this one yields helpful insight…
I told you so.
The effect speaks, the tongue needs not.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 27. We all want credit. It feels good--feels like winning. A…
Twenty
Yesterday Diedra and I celebrated twenty years of matrimony. We went out to dinner at a wonderful place called Vera Mae's Bistro. The weather was…
Correct passions’ spite
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thy self the worse, and so the distance greater. Be not thine own worm: yet such jealousy, As…
Keep your promises
"That promise I did not keep." "Well, then, it was jolly rotten of you," said Digory. "Rotten?" said Uncle Andrew with a puzzled look "Oh…
Kid magnet
I began dating Diedra (my wife) in high school. I was attracted to many of her lovely attributes--which I've discovered over the course of the…
Underneath the door
Singer/songwriter Michael Card shares what it was like for him to grow up as the son of a medical doctor. If you have a few…
What will they remember?
Once I heard someone say, "They won't remember what you said--they'll remember how you made them feel." The statement is exaggerated--on purpose--to make a point.…