Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel: all claimed that they were the most important, the most useful, t

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful hear

There is a story many years ago of an elementary teacher. Her name was Mrs. Thompson. And as she stood in front of

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them: Work, Family, Health, Friends, Spirit. And you re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will b

　　Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you?
　　It is truly a lifetime, I know. But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterday that I first saw you, in that sm

Observe a child; any one will do. You will see that not a day passes in which he does not find something or other to make him happy, though he may be in tears the next moment. Then look at a man; any one of us will do. You will notice that weeks and mon

The silent young woman in bed number six is called Jasmine. So am I, but names are only superficial things, floats bobbing on the surface of the water, and we share deeper connections than that. Which is why she fascinates me - why I spend my off-duty t

There was a time in my life when beauty meant something special to me. I guess that would have been when I was about six or

This is allegedly actual text from an American home economics text book, circa 1950.
Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal on time. This is a way of letting him know you've been thinking about him and conc

“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked.
When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold o

It was one week before high school graduation when I found the note. I didn’t know it then, but by the end

Early in the spring, about a month before my grandpa's stroke, I began walking for an hour every afternoon. Some days I

A short while ago when life was simple and all that mattered was friends and having fun. There were two sisters that lived life just as gracefully as possible. There names were Carlie and Mary Jane they were liked by everyone but something just wasn't r

It wasn’t a tarpaper shack to Emily, it was Home. As far as she was concerned, it was Heaven. With her feet up on the front

The waterfall behind our house at the lower end of Lake Edenwold is a thundering cascade of spring runoff fro