On the Friday before prom several years ago, I remember welling up a little as I wrapped up the high school journalism class I taught. "Have fun this weekend," I told them. "But, make good decisions. As the roll call sergeant on Hills Street Blues used to say, 'Let's be careful out there.'" I worried [...]
Every Saturday morning my husband Vince cranked up the radio and yelled with genuine delight to his four sleeping children, "It's a totally 80s weekend!" And they, one by obedient one, stumbled out of the messy bedrooms as Wham! Bon Jovi or Tears for Fears blasted through the house. One day, in an effort to [...]
On the day before his 90th birthday party, our neighbor Doug popped into our garage. "Can I borrow your leaf blower?" he asked Vinnie, who had been assigned to clean his father's work bench. "Sure," said Vinnie. "But if you want someone to blow out your yard, I'll do it." "I finished my yard," the [...]