Encouragement

My daughter and I were running the 5K community race for "Old Home Days" in Hancock, NH (a place my wife's family gathers for family reunions). My shirt was wet with perspiration and I was "feeling my age". As we were slowly finishing the race,...

Values misplaced?

International Health Services, the organization with which I work, is hoping to open a Thrift Store. Assigning value to donated objects is one of the more interesting jobs associated with the store. Is the shirt worth $1 or $5? Is the desk worth $50 or $150? Value is...

What is a hero?

An article in the July/August 2003 issue of the Pennsylvania State University alumni magazine recounts the story of Norina Bentzel — a modern day hero. In January 2001, while principal of an elementary school, she confronted a stranger who appeared at her school...

Adoption!

In our world today the legal and political world argues over what constitutes the basic unit of society known as family. Rules, legislative efforts, or movements do not necessarily define family. I attended a recent family reunion made up of people from 92 years to 5...