Born into a humble family, in a poor country, where money and power rule, with a father who drank too much and a mother who never had a paying job, what were Susan’s chances? Unable to care for her, her parents relied on extended family to feed and clothe her. They sent her to school

As Christmas presents accumulate around the tree, we hope the best looking one is ours. If we get our desires, we can only be assured of getting the nicest wrappings. Wrappings are the least valuable part of the present and will be cast aside when the present itself is revealed. The goal should be the

I had just finished an appointment and was heading for the grocery store when she called. My daughter told me my grandson stayed home today with a sore throat, and she had to take my youngest granddaughter home with an upset stomach. She said she was updating me, but then she said the sick kids

We were watching a story about a small factory in Southeast Asia that was using child labor to make their products. The gist of the story was the appalling conditions the children worked under, and they worked for little or no pay. Those stories are normally aired to shame the companies that buy their products

It was a sight I never wanted to see, though I knew it would happen someday. It was one of those “when not if” disasters that you hope to be excused from. This morning my computer worked just fine, but I logged off to be safe before I left the house. When I returned and