After "I Do"
The ceremony is finally a collection of overpriced pictures in a pristine photo album. The cake has been cut, the birdseed thrown at the...
What's in a Name?
While skirting around town last week, I was listening to Christmas music on the John Tesh Show and he read a piece on baby name trends...
Christmas Ghost Town
It wasn’t that long ago, was it? I mean, have I really gotten so old that I’m beginning to sound like my father whenever he would say, “I...
When They Stop Believing
“Lyla said that Santa wasn’t real.” Sarah froze, a sudden panic of sadness settling in. Dylan was only seven-years old, a first grader....
The Holiday Shuffle
“What time are you eating Thanksgiving dinner?” I shrugged. “Four or four-thirty. Why?” “Okay, good. I think we can make it. Her family...
In All Things Give Thanks
Thanksgiving. It’s a time that forces everyone to stop and do what they should have been doing all year; give thanks. It is proof that we...
It's Tradition to be Traditional
With Thanksgiving coming close it brought my mind once again to the subject of traditions. I love traditions, those acts that seem to...
Passing the Greeting Card Torch
My phone dinged the other day and since the sun hadn't come up yet I knew without doubt who it was. Looking through sleep fogged eyes I...
The Drunken Angel
She sat on our tree every year, this angel in a plastic blue dress with white wings. She even lasted longer than three artificial...
The Gift Matters
"It's the thought that counts," is what people say when they get a crappy gift, or a present that a two-year old picks out. I mean,...
