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It was our last day in Haiti, and a grinning boy on the schoolyard plucked a photograph from his front pocket. He held up the photo of an American girl. And my mama-heart swelled. The girl in the photo? She’s our oldest daughter, Lydia. The sweet boy: Romario. He’s 11 years old, and he lives […]
I’m sitting beneath the starriest starry sky, out where the moon glints off the rippled glass of the ocean. The scattered city lights of Port-au-Prince pulse stubbornly into the dark. We’re here. Sit with me a while, under this velvet tapestry of Haitian night. And listen. Hear it now, the wind through palm and the […]
My father-in-law was diagnosed with leukemia in 2008, a few weeks before the first tulips popped their glossy mouths open, toward the spring sky. Our daughters were six and three at the time, and they immediately asked us if “Bop”—as they called him—was going to die. The prognosis wasn’t good, but there were treatments to […]
I’ve always had a pen in my hand. I used to write news stories in my Sesame Street notebook, in fake cursive. My family tells me that one of my first words as a child was “why.” So it made sense that I grew up to become a news reporter. I wore fancy suits, and […]
I Love You by John Blase So this bell calls us all… ~ John Donne It was Sunday morning coming down in Phoenix. I was there on business. My wife called that morning saying they don’t think Dad’s going to make it. I need to go. A little while later the cell phone […]