Prose

The Gift of Ice Cream

What’s a moment when a stranger completely restored your faith in people? I’d taken my two teenage kids out for a meal. While we were waiting for our meal to be prepared we got talking with an older couple on the next table. To be fair, my children are as frustrating as any others at…

You made a difference

If your future self could send you one sentence, what do you hope it would say? I would hope that I could look back on my life and say, “You made a difference.” Many people spend their lives trying to obtain some sort of wealth and so-called success. But what is wealth? What is success?…

My Way . . . Our No Way

I have recently become fascinated by the number of people who believe that the world revolves around them. I’m all for encouraging others to feel good about themselves, and I don’t disagree with trying to engender positivity. I like the concept of helping everyone to build self-esteem. Yet it seems to me that the current…