This tweet became quite popular in the writing community, which I understand. It makes me happy, too. But it's not as if this Twitter user is stating anything particularly profound.…

I'm an enormous believer in the power of something I call purposeful reframing: Deliberately, strategically choosing to view something in a more positive, productive way. Some might call it delusion.…

In Charlie's elementary school, making a gun with your fingers and pretending to shoot the other children (and presumably teachers) is not allowed, which seems fairly sensible to me. In…

Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic Church, has said sex outside of marriage is not the “most serious” sin. During a question and answer session with reporters on a flight back to Italy from Greece on Monday,…

This box arrived at our home. We did nothing to it to make it look worse. This is exactly what we found on our doorstep. Thankfully, its contents were fine.…

I took Charlie to the dentist last week to have sealant applied to his teeth to reduce the chances of cavities. When Charlie and the dentist remerged from the office,…

Charlie made a movie. Not surprising - since he and I talk storytelling a lot - it has all of the components of a well crafted story: A clear, identifiable…