“Mommy! Help me with this worm. Please, Mommy!”   “Just a minute. Mommy needs to row out a little farther and let down the anchor again.”...

“Put your four fingers on the panel and hold still. Let’s try that again. Okay let’s try that again. One more time.” By the fourth try it...

“I don’t believe it! They’re moving me to another room next year. I’ll have to change everything around to fit. This isn’t fair!” I’d...

“Why are you riding a city bus to school? That’s not right! Teachers shouldn’t be riding the bus!” My seventh grade student, a very...

“It’s going to be okay. You’re going to be all right.” Through the slits in my eyelids I could vaguely see a small crowd of people...

“Which is better… 1 or 2?… A or B? Now is this one better… or is it worse?” After about ten minutes of eyes straining at the chart,...

“I don’t care how loud she cries. Do not let her in! Here’s the key in case there’s a true emergency.” Those were my directions to my...

I walked into the Bible study and there he was… my husband ready to teach the class… wearing the worst combination of clothes ever. I...

“You know, lady, you have to put quarters in those things.” “I know,” I whispered back. “Shhhh!” My three little ones were happily...

We had been waiting on the runway for almost an hour. Carrie Anne was restless to say the least, and I had about reached my limits of controlled patience traveling alone with my two-year-old. But I kept her quiet with promises of her grandparents’ lake home in just a few more hours. The air traffic controllers across the nation had been threatening to strike for several days. I was hoping it wouldn’t happen within the next few minutes. Even so, they were making their point a