Thursday, May 9th, 2013 08:41:08
Mother’s Learn, Too
This week, my mother called around 10 one morning to chat for a minute and catch up. During our conversation, I realized that she was still in her bed, waiting for an aide to help into a wheelchair. My mom....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 08:40:30
Reaching Toward Heaven
Humans have long reached toward heaven. I don't know whether this desire represents an attempt to get away from the ground, an attempt to associate with God or an attempt to peer over the balcony and look at all the....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, April 25th, 2013 08:39:52
Change of Perspective
I heard the news of the Boston Marathon bombings just a few minutes after I had undergone a biopsy. An annual OB exam had revealed an enlarged uterus. The scan that followed a few hours later showed a polyp, and....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, April 18th, 2013 08:39:08
Goodness Over Evil
My sister Kathy texted the news of Boston Marathon bombing not long after it happened. We've run (walked) four marathons together, and each of us has completed five. We understand the months of training involved in running a marathon (26.2....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, April 11th, 2013 08:38:19
Thatcher’s Death Marks the End of an Era
When Margaret Thatcher was elected England's first female prime minister of England in the spring of 1979, I was 12 years old and my father had been a congressman for less than four months. To me, it seemed as if....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 08:37:41
Bunny Love
It's confession time -- I'm in love. It's been a long time in coming and snuck up on me a bit, and it seems to be growing even deeper, so I've decided that it must be more than puppy love.....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, March 28th, 2013 08:36:54
Erogenous Zones No Longer on Display
Just last week, I was commiserating with other moms of middle-school teenage girls about the lack of appealing clothing available to teenage girls and the appalling state of girl teenage fashion today. You can find a few decent outfits, (cute....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, March 21st, 2013 08:36:04
Recipe for Disaster
The crime was brought to light through social media, and much of the trial focused on the trail of text messages between cellphones. Judge Thomas Lipps commented after sentencing Mays and Richardson to a minimum of two and one year,....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, March 14th, 2013 07:46:55
KIng Arthur’s Court and Emperor’s Clothes
As a corporate budgeter, I learned decades ago that only a few people can look at an organization's money, corporation's money or someone else's money and spend it as if it were their own money -- i.e., very deliberately, based....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, March 7th, 2013 07:46:04
Focus on Freedom and Prosperity is Key
The recent political entanglements over the budget have focused more on political maneuverings and who is right about what statement, rather than what the policies mean to average, everyday Americans. It might be standard politics, but it does not create....
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