“You’re too late,” my grandmother announced as she met him in the lobby. My father had arrived an hour late for the birth of my sister. She was already clean [...]

First thing in the morning I never know who I am going to meet. When I approach in the hallway, am going to see a smile, a giggle, a contorted [...]

“Get your house in order,” seasoned church mothers often crooned during Sunday service when I was young adult. The women who sang from experience loved to exalt the importance of preparation. [...]