What thoughts come to mind when you hear the word, estrangement? For some people, estrangement means that they are separated from their spouse. The couple is going through a divorce. I’ve watched movies and television shows over my years of growing up that had a spouse separated from the other one. At least that’s what […]

Memorial Day. What does this federal holiday mean to you? Partying with friends? Grilling out with family? Going to a local park to swim and play? As I get older, I get more sentimental. I think about the true meaning of the holiday, not the partying or the grilling out or the swimming and playing.

Dear 16-year-old self, As I near the half a century mark in age, I have things I would love to say to you and all of the teens out there for that matter, things that I wish I had done differently in life. Of course, it’s too late now. I can’t go back in the