There are a lot of people like me neither rich nor poor, idling in the middle who have never wante… for anything in our lives. We were reared by parents

If smiles had echoes all the world would hear Grandma’s bouncing off the stars Donal Mahoney

Another day at the zoo and Wally’s new job was to feed the ap… Old Stanley had fed the apes for 40 years and loved the job but told Wally he was retiring.

Old Sol hires young Abdul, a refugee, to cut his grass and we… Saul tells his neighbor Old Paddy young Abdul does a good job and has a wife and three kids

It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us

Faye gives Fred next door her sister’s number to call in case Faye dies. Faye’s 94 and feels okay. Her sister’s 90 and Fred’s

The late Justice Scalia, a strict conservative on the Supreme Court, would have voted in favor of prayer

It’s Rocky’s Diner but it’s Brenda’s counter, been that way for 10 years. Brenda has her regulars who want the Special of the Day.

He’s Brad and he’s captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him

I get an email every day from a man I don’t know and doesn’t know me. Many people receive blind copies of his emails.

Spring will eventually arrive, Tom tells his youngest daughter looking out the window at the snow… Take heart, he tells her, and listen for the blue jays when

Married 60 years Fred and Daisy still are very different people. All day long they hide their differences to make

The longer I live the greater Mar… compared with those who have tried… The man had integrity, guts, ideas… It was heartbreaking in the Sixti… filled with hope for change in Ame…

Underneath the feeder black juncos write hieroglyphics in the snow. Two cardinals arrive In a flash of red. They add