In my country, it is common to see drivers constantly change lanes to get ahead of others, trying to reach their destination a bit quicker. Sometimes, though, after changing lanes it...

I enjoy taking early morning runs, and before I leave the house, I check the weather conditions from the nearby airport. One morning, the visibility at the airport was down to...

I had not cleaned out my closet in years, and it had become a time capsule of the various stages of my life. Here were the business suits I had worn...

First I heard a thud and then a cry. My three-year-old son had slipped on our wet balcony floor. When I checked on him, I saw a gaping wound beside his...

One of my former co-workers had frequent outbursts of anger in the workplace — throwing papers, muttering curse words, and lashing out at others. As recipients of such behavior, another co-worker...

Our oldest grandson, Amadeo, was on his way home from a visit with friends in another state. Anticipating his brother’s return, Alex, our 14-year-old grandson, began sending group texts to the...

The small, dilapidated house I bought was a dream come true. For 15 years I had told my husband that if I had some extra money, I would buy an old...

I had worked in ministry a while and had been a counselor, spending countless hours surrounded by others’ grief. But it was a whole new experience when my mother died and...

When I was stationed with the U.S. Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, our post’s chapel held a Sunday morning Bible study at the United States Disciplinary Barracks, the military’s only maximum...

In the rental house where my family and I used to live, there was space on the second floor for us to grow potted plants. My sister and I planted pandanus,...