Relationships & Family

Forever Songs

batch — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:23:00 -0500

In October 2003 my son, Lance, lost his battle with neuroblastoma, a pediatric cancer. He was 13 years old.

Family, friends and a support group all helped me deal with my grief, but sometimes the pain was just too much. The fall Lance had been dead two years, I was beyond solace. For days I fought back tears. One afternoon the house was so quiet I couldn't bear it. My sadness was heavy and suffocating. I felt like I was sinking in quicksand.

Easter Identity Theft?

mcherkezian — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:21:39 -0500

It's time for the Easter bunny... and this passalong going around the web was too cute not to share.

But these adorable rabbits look very similar to some other furry friends.

Can you tell them apart? Click on the Photos tab above to view the slideshow!

Re-discovered

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:23:25 -0500

The bulldozer drove back and forth over the mountain of photographs—several hundred thousand dollars' worth, more than a decade of my hard work. I stood at the Fort Myers, Florida, county dump, watching it get ground into the dirt. Was this all my whole life really added up to?

Valentine Angels Slideshow

mcherkezian — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:56:17 -0600

Mother Knows Best
By Al Brozowski, El Cajon, California

Trudy didn't want to go to a dance that night, but her mother insisted. "Your future husband may be there," she said. "God showed me your wedding. I saw it with my own eyes."

"Saw it?" asked Trudy. "You mean in a dream?"

"I saw it," her mother repeated. "The groom had shiny black hair and blue eyes."

Valentine Angels Slideshow

mcherkezian — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:41:52 -0600

How I Learned to Listen
By Ken Hall, Stow, Ohio

Listening wasn't my strong suit as a young man. I drifted in and out of relationships, from job to job, and in and out of graduate school.

Nothing ever seemed worth paying attention to for long. One spring day waiting to cross a street I heard a voice in my head: Cross now!

Valentine Angels Slideshow

mcherkezian — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:21:16 -0600

Matchmaking Marine
By Guillermo Rios, Las Vegas, Nevada

Way back in 1952, I got a weekend pass from my Army base to visit Washington, D.C. That first night I hooked up with a Marine. "Let's go to the dance at the YWCA," he said. "It'll be fun."

I wasn't much of a dancer, but this guy wouldn't take no for an answer. "You might meet a girl," he said. "Don't miss your chance."

It's Up to You

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:36:18 -0500

Lots of us have been there. Stuck in a job that gets us down. You know the feeling. You dread Mondays. You watch the clock, praying for the workday to be over. This can be a recipe for misery. On average, Americans spend 80 percent of their waking hours at work. That's way too much time to be unhappy. Every job has its challenges. Everyone has bad days at work. But if you find yourself screaming, "I hate this job!" once too often, it's time to change your life a little—or a lot.

It's Up to You

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:36:18 -0500

It's Up to You

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:36:18 -0500

Jennie—She Taught Me to Love Spring

mcherkezian — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:44:03 -0600

Jennie and I met in night school. She had lost her husband, and her daughter was no longer home. My only child, a son, was in college, and my husband had encouraged me to finish work on my degree.

After Jennie and I had completed the required courses, we started teaching in the same school. Frequently we had lunch together.