Kathy is a news junkie. She is fully functional during the day; she goes to work, does her job, relates well to others. But when the five o'clock hour comes around, that's when she needs her fix. It's 4:50 p.m. on Tuesday. Another day is done. … [Read more...]

By Susan Diamond We've all heard the stories about saucy senior citizens, carrying on in senior living communities all over the world. We're surprised and then amused. "That's adorable - old folks with lovers!" And then…you get your own AARP … [Read more...]

It was a time when vividly colored dragons and beautiful fairy princesses occupied the land. Good kings ruled their subjects fairly and evil was always soundly defeated. Little boys had their beanstalks, and geese laid golden eggs. Poverty was … [Read more...]

It was a year when Easter Sunday fell on the first night of Passover. Charlie was trying to figure out a good way to meld the two holidays together. The Silverman-Clarke family is a mixed-faith family, and the kids had reached the age where they were … [Read more...]

Picture her. She’s one month past her second birthday. Strong little legs carrying her to and from every corner of her world. She’s curious and her forehead crinkles when a thought pops in her curly-haired head. Why? She points. Why? Why? Why, Why … [Read more...]

You might be one who would dismiss the country club set as people who are shallow, privileged and snobby. As usual with broad generalizations you’d be partially right and mostly wrong. A country club is typically a place centered around a golf … [Read more...]

She is just a little girl. Thirteen years old but nine inside, like a lot of middle schoolers. Experimenting with makeup, being flirted with but never actively flirting to the boys in her class. Insecure yet wearing a cocky attitude. That’s … [Read more...]

Dr. John Derry was an arrogant man. He belonged to that elite class of privileged white men who don’t break out of their circle. His back story is so stereotypical it’s almost a joke. John was born to Harrison and Elaine. Harrison was a captain of … [Read more...]

St. Patrick’s day fell on a Sunday that year when I was twelve and I walked through the land of Sodom and Gomorrah. My name is Dana. I was visiting my Aunt Sue, with my brother Tony who is two years older to the exact day. We were both born on … [Read more...]

In a land far away, in a time in the distant past there lived Yana, daughter of Peter and Lil. Yana was a beauty whose faith outshone her fair skin, her silky hair, and her sparkling eyes. Picture God's child bathed in kindness and clothed in … [Read more...]