Some people treat falling as evidence of an underlying, worrisome, medical condition. I have refined it to an art form. Those of us who have crossed the threshold of a certain age are now asked, as a part of one’s…

Why Dishonestly Besmirching Character Hurts Us All In an age where reputations can be destroyed with a few keystrokes, the vicious phenomenon of besmirching the character of individuals we may disagree with has become a troubling norm, and few cases…

It’s so simple, just ask a four-year-old. The innocence of children, a common theme, is a misnomer. The innocence implies they had some capability to surrender it. They do not until we teach them how. What children are is honest,…

Joe and Hope searched the sky for signs of the sleigh. “Shouldn’t they be back by now?” Hope said. “They’ve been gone a long time.” “I don’t know,” Joe said. “Maybe it’s just taking longer than he thought it would.”…

Walking along the edge of a frozen river, Joe had time to think. This doesn’t make sense. There are always possibilities. How can something exist without possibilities? Why would someone believe possibilities are something to stop? “Because they bring a…

Spero, Joe’s grandfather, and Joe climbed down from the sleigh. “Take the sleigh and go hide,” Spero said to Levi David. “We don’t want to alert them to our being here. If we need you, I will call for you.”…

The first Joe realized the bonds no longer held him was when the Nowhere Man took him by the hand. “Come with me. I want to show you something.” Joe stood, looked around trying to look for an exit, then…

One moment the sleigh was slipping silently over a dark, treeless landscape, then the next it seemed they were plummeting from the sky. “Hold on, Joe!” his grandfather said. “Really?” Joe said, grasping the edge of the sleigh as tight…

Joe and his grandfather stood next to the sleigh while Levi David and Wyatt James made some adjustments to things. “Where are we going?” Joe asked. “Well, I was hoping you had an idea on that subject,” his grandfather said.…

There is a commonality shared among many families around Christmas or other special holidays. They have traditions. Long held, choreographed, well-established traditions passed down generation-to-generation, by which they celebrate holidays. We do not. I like to think of our traditions…