I knew I'd caught heartbreak in my hand one afternoon as Ittybit and I were running off to dance class. I just had that feeling. ...

My husband has always been ahead of his time. “When is Daylight Savings Time?” my husband grumbled. I don't kno...

I'll never forget the sound of my enlightenment -- an explosion of air, followed by the crinkling of plastic over wrap. ...

“You can do this,” I told myself as I turned off the ignition and stared through the windshield at the low brick building straigh...

The boy looked up at me with sheepish hope. His voice was so low I could hardly hear. I asked him to repeat the words again. ...

She sat across from me at the dining room table, sipping coffee. Exactly thirty-five minutes and thirty-seven seconds earlier we had ...

She sidled up to the chipmunk, as she had so many times over the last 10 seasons, and twisted around to look up. Her squint-eyed expressi...

The first day of school is an event celebrated annually by most American families as if it were a delicate skirmish that hinges o...

He plunked himself down in the middle of the aisle, and, sitting criss-cross-applesauce, scowled at his choices. I consider...

I can't get to sleep. I just watch the clock as its glowing, lime green numbers mark the passing of another minute. ...

Every fall, for the last few years of her life, my father took the dog of my childhood on a solemn walk. Together they...

The tomatoes have already started to redden, something that hasn't happened by late-July in the whole history of my pretendin...