Small and large countries are weighing the pros and cons of national identification cards. Immigration, border control, and economic reasons are just some of the items being debated. It... Read more >>

Not many people would think of a tree when speaking of faith, but I look at many things differently than most people. Many years ago, following a failed marriage, I returned to my parents’... Read more >>

The world waits today, with full expectation, that the willingness to hope and the courage to stand for change, will finally exact its reward. Here, at the dawn of the promise of a brand new day,... Read more >>

As the polls were about to start closing and the long-awaited numbers finally be revealed, I was experiencing the combination of excitement and dread I remember feeling when someone I was seeing said,... Read more >>

I once frequented a place after the midnight hour, (My safe haven to hide out in till 2:00 a.m.) To chase skirts and drink hard, To dance wild and get some backroom lovin’, All in a... Read more >>

I thought I had him figured out at five months. If he cried, you took him for a drive. Parenting at first seemed so difficult. Then I got cocky, I thought if I knew what he needed before the age of... Read more >>

Last year we moved to the country and it was exhausting. Finally, we are somewhat settled and I am adjusting to the surroundings. Not really. I have begun to be very observant. You have seen the... Read more >>

Some say I have been alone too long. Maybe solitude is what I was seeking. To read a book or hear a song. To finish a crossword without peeking. Time to notice a simple thing, Like train whistles... Read more >>

I’ve lived in Kansas City, on the Missouri side, for nine months, brought here by my husband’s job. We had three choices: Kansas City, Saint Louis, or Washington, DC. Saint Louis, to me,... Read more >>

I’m a native Texan and usually when you hear people say that around here, it’s a statement of pride. I, however, have a much more complicated relationship with my home state. Texas is... Read more >>