“A Father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.” ~Unknown As far back as I can remember, my dad always had a thick paperback book in his hand, an RC Cola on the table, and a cigarette…
My husband walked into our bedroom to find me sobbing. When he asked me what had happened, I couldn’t manage to get out more than a few disjointed words. So I just handed him my laptop and said, “Watch. Listen.” He pressed play and watched Kelly Clarkson courageously stand before millions of eyes and share…
In January 1982, I stood frozen before the television as a breaking news report interrupted whatever show I’d been watching. Shortly after takeoff from Washington, D.C., a plane bound for Florida hit the 14th Street Bridge in a winter storm and plummeted into the icy Potomac River. A few survivors clung to the tail of the…