Surprise! Yes, it certainly was. I returned from a short vacation in California and when I arrived home the house was empty except for a cardboard box in the middle of the living room  I was... Read more >>

I believe in faith that most things happen for a reason. I do not know how or why it happens but it does. Many incidents happened over my seventy years that I could only claim to faith. I run a small... Read more >>

I still remember the ecstatic feeling when I first gazed on my wife in the Thai restaurant ten years ago. I am not a typical male-chasing woman. I have a set of ideals that I learned from my mom.... Read more >>

I will start by telling you that I have relatively no experience in the baby/children field. I have no children (yet), just a dog that I happen to love as a child! My predicament arose when my... Read more >>

It was an ordinary day of the week and I was getting ready for work. My hair was done. My makeup was on. I wore a casual, but hip, outfit and I sat on the edge of my bed, putting my socks on. My nine... Read more >>

M. and I were introduced by a mutual friend. She knew we were both young moms, married to Swiss men, and that we both spoke primarily English and little German; she figured we might have something in... Read more >>

I’m not sure who offered up the great prompt, “The things I never thought I’d say” but the author deserves a big thank you. This call out to the community brought in such great... Read more >>

I take great comfort in knowing that, every morning no matter what, the sun will rise in the east and at the end of the day, it will set, reliably, in the west. I like not having to worry about that.... Read more >>

The first surprise behind this fall dessert is that it’s ridiculously easy. The second surprise is how good it tastes. As I like to say, it tastes like “more.” As in, may I have... Read more >>

Don’t you just hate it when you get hit with something from out of left field that knocks the wind right out of your sail? I do. I especially hate it when I’m just minding my own business.... Read more >>