Some of us have had our brains examined, or as medical professionals would say “scanned.” Once you know the shape your brain is in, you are...

Under the best of circumstances, I’ve entered the final quarter of the game of life. We all know that the most important quarter in any game...

  One of the songs I used to sing at the nursing homes was “Country Sunshine.” This song is in many ways the story of my life. As one of my ...

 We all know some of those people who never seem to miss a beat no matter how old they are. One that I knew well was my mom. At 99 years old...

  I have a story in the latest Chicken Soup for the Soul book Care for the Caregiver . My story is about my mom at a time she traveled from ...

Mother Nature has been throwing a hissy fit for two months now. It’s been good to make the grass grow, but part of the yard is a soggy mess....

  My mom always looked and acted younger than her age. I can remember when she wore her auburn hair in a ponytail and everyone thought she w...

  A famous quote about friendship, attributed to Edna Buchanan, is “Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.” In my case, my family i...

  I recently attended a funeral where his family provided a video of Pat playing “Faded Love” on his fiddle. I first met Pat when he jammed ...

 In my “spare” time, I try to go through a stack of papers, or a box of miscellaneous items. Yesterday, I checked out the box where I had du...