But it is also known for being smack in the middle of the Bible Belt, where children say “yes, ma’am,” and “no, sir,”...

Despite our town’s lack of resources, my father always tried to provide us with the best of every opportunity, and my mother supported him..

When I was six years old, I sat in a chair and pretended to nurse my dolls. I was very conscientious with them as I cared for their...

I did not come into a perfectly happy world upon my birth in 1883. My mother had always blamed my father for disappearing into his dirty...

My dad worked at IBM as a programmer and was a protective, caring, and loving man. My mom was a professional pianist and the choir...

The human spirit is very resilient. We can pick back up when we fail, and fail, and fail. We can find hope when we are still battling...

They were highly skilled musicians, but unfortunately, our family was very poor because neither of my parents made much at their teaching...

There were seven of us children in the family, and I was the fifth one. The life of our parents was one of compassion and giving...