Ray and I went to little Livingston, Tennessee, with friends last Friday night for opening night of its annual series of Christmas celebrations. This year’s theme is Christmas in the Country. At the end of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens…
People need a little helping hand sometimes, and sometimes they need a great big helping hand. The illustrations below show women and in one case a little girl, bending over to complete tasks. This little girl is bending over to help…
In a 1976 speech, President Gerald Ford said: There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and to protect. What a beautiful description of the multi-generational family commitment: fathers and…
In June 1923, two years after Calvin Coolidge became vice president of the United States, President Warren G. Harding began what he called a Voyage of Understanding across the country. He traveled all the way to Alaska and Canada, and…
Early yesterday morning, Ray and I joined millions of people around the world as we tuned in to watch the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. We were deeply moved. We were also deeply grateful that millions of people around the…
Ray woke me up at 5:30 a.m. yesterday morning to see if I wanted to watch the Trooping of the Colours, the first event of the special 4-day celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Of course, I…
