There are a lot of people like me neither rich nor poor, idling in the middle who have never wante… for anything in our lives. We were reared by parents

Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes

Someone smart told me yesterday you never really know the meaning of a word until

A sense of shame is missing in the world today. If you find it, burp Donal Mahoney

The teacher tells the third grade the order of the seasons cannot be changed. Summer, fall, winter, spring arrive in order, then start over.

When Molly and Tim got married they spent hours talking about everything they had to get done. And indeed they got a lot done. Now their kids have families

Some things you can’t undo. A remark, perhaps, you can retract or try to with an explanation. But a certain look can burn forever in the mind

When the president speaks from the podium and mentions the 20 children shot to death at Sandy Hook by a lunatic with a rifle,

He should have married someone, James tells himself at 80 coughing in bed with the flu. He remembers very well that Miranda was a nice girl.

If smiles had echoes all the world would hear Grandma’s bouncing off the stars Donal Mahoney

When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up

This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting