The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react.

Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it w….

Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source ….

Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at the blue lake, then ….

The best time to tell your story is when you have to tell your story. When it's not really a choice. But then, when you get that first, messy, compli….

No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much goi….

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant..

If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on….

No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or….

sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had read the book, and track them down….

If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out….

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior..

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your….

When I asked my mother, ‘how do I tell people about you’ her answer was ‘tell the truth’. But of course, the truth is never simple..

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence..

You West Virginia girls are one tough breed," he said. You got that right," I told him..

Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars..

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more..

In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it..

I could see why Archimedes got all excited. There was nothing finer than the feeling that came rushing through you when it clicked and you suddenly u….