My alarm went off at 4 a.m. It wasn’t so much that I mind getting up early, but the thought of driving Amy to San Diego to catch a plane that would take her to the other side of the world made me want to hit the snooze button- for about the next 4 years….

“Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”       -Helen Keller Amy I am spent a Saturday helping my mom serve lunch and dessert so some very special people. Women I had never met, but who were school pals of my mom over 50 years earlier. There was a baker’s dozen who flew in from different…

This is a letter that Amy wrote to her brother, Scott, who is away at Army Boot Camp.  When she read it to me, I told her we had to post it.  For years, Scott and Amy have been threatening to write a book about living with me as pay back for being the subject…

I was so excited to get an advanced copy from the publisher of Mary DeMuth’s book Life in Defiance. It is the third book in a trilogy about a crime that happens in the town of Defiance, Texas. But between the dog having her puppies, gearing up for lifeguarding at the local pool and doing…