Many people have no choice – they must move. Move for safety, food, shelter, survival, or a better life. Most of us fortunate enough to live in the United States have the opposite problem: modern life has made it possible for us to not move at all. One thing I wish I'd done when I was younger was exercise more - stay more active. I moved constantly through high school and most of college. Then came graduation, marriage, and life got in the way. I thought I was invincible. I s

In my office, I keep an autographed basketball by Larry Bird displayed in a glass case. It is one of my most prized possessions. I also keep a box labeled “memorabilia” in the office closet. Inside are items I have collected throughout my adult life, including concert and ballgame ticket stubs, journal entries, Disney pins, and other keepsakes. The other day, as I was rummaging through it, I found myself thinking about another box. A few years ago, my nephew, newly married an

It is 1:42 am on a Thursday morning and I cannot sleep. The search feels harder now because getting older has made the need for answers more urgent. It is emotionally and physically draining most of the time, and chronic ailments and worries make the path even more challenging. Some days I feel invigorated and others chronic discomfort drags me down. Mentally I am feeling stronger than I have in years yet emotionally I find myself ripped in all directions with feelings too in

"To err is human, to forgive, divine."— Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism Forgiveness may be the hardest thing we are ever asked to do - not because other people deserve it, but because we deserve to be free. There are names I can still say that tighten something inside me. Faces I can still picture. Conversations I still replay years later, wondering what I should have said differently. We all carry them. Over the years, I've been hurt by family members, disappointed by

"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."— Victoria Holt If I could speak to my 21-year-old self, oh the things I would say to him! Eat better. Exercise more. Study harder. Save more money. Travel more. Take more calculated risks. Calculated being the key word. And above all, do not be afraid. I would tell him, it is going to be alright. The OCD thoughts he is having will eventually go away. He will graduate. He will find a job. He will meet

Basketball has been a major part of my life. I played the game and, in the early 1990s, became a young head high school basketball coach in Louisiana. Over the years, I have watched generations of players come and go. I have also seen the NBA grow from an era when championship games were sometimes shown on tape delay into the global powerhouse it is today. Like my love for movies, my love for basketball calls for a top-ten list. This one is meant to spark fun debate, but it i

My maternal grandfather delivered milk for a living, but his work was only one part of who he was. He had a gift for making people feel known, and he seemed to meet every soul as if they were already an old friend. A World War II veteran, he witnessed Mussolini’s body hanging in Milan, later married, raised two daughters, and faced cancer with courage before dying too young in 1997. His death came about two months after the loss of his first great-grandson. Calling him a char