One morning a small boy squatted motionless on the grass in the garden for a long time. His mother felt so odd that she walked close to see what had happened. The boy, in earnest, ...

I’m willing to bet that there’s something you’ve always wanted to do. It could be that you’ve always wanted to write a novel.  Maybe you want to visit Africa or want to se...

     Once upon a time a wolf was lapping at a stream. When he looked up, he saw a lamb drinking a little lower down.  'There’s my supper,' he thought. 'I w...

  We had moved from Cairo to Mt. Vernon, Illinois, away from my grandmother when I was eight years old. I missed her terribly. I was told I was her favorite grandchild; she wa...

  Mr. Dawson was an old grouch, and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple, even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said,...

  I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events. The last time I was there he introduced me by saying:...

There was once a wise old woman who lived back in the hills. All the children used to come back and ask her questions. She always gave the right answers. There was a naughty little...

    If you think your woman would never lie to you, guess again. From little white lies to the more serious variety, most women will curtail the truth at some point in a...

  A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her, She did not know she was going to make it and want to give up. She was tired of fight...

 Make our lives as unique and meaningful as we wish Desperately lonely at only 17 years old may not be normal, but so many things had happened in my life to make me feel like...