Author Archives: Jack

This husband was helping his wife choose a make-up that matched her skin tone. She was so concerned about finding the right one and he was so unbelievably helpful. She was having a “girl” moment, in a panic struggling to find the right one. He calmed her down, helped her find her color and kissed […]

When I was 10, I had no friends because kids could tell I was gay, so every night I would listen to Britney Spears. She made me feel so big. Even though, deep down, I still felt so…small. When I was 13 years old, I won a contest to meet her. I remember walking in […]

Sweaty, baby strapped to my back, three year old insisting that her belly hurts and NEEDS her donut that she forgot to eat after lunch, 6 year old using everything in sight as a weapon, 7 year old wanting to spend the only dollar he has. This. This was my trip to the grocery today. […]

A 19-year-old Walmart worker in Princeton, Texas found himself in a surprising moment when a customer in his checkout line didn’t have enough money to pay for her things. The woman was upset and panicking. But the young cashier, John Lopez Jr., didn’t think twice—he pulled out his own wallet and paid the rest of […]

Every year, I have a Northern Mockingbird make her nest on my front porch on one of my many plant racks. Last year, she made her nest on my tall baker’s rack. One of her babies fell thru the wire rack and landed in my staghorn fern cedar box. I carefully returned him to the […]

“Today, we dropped our son off at the train station to head back to college for the spring semester of his first year.” “When I got home, the house felt so quiet. I missed his talking, his guitar playing, and the sound of his video games. The house felt empty without him.” “Then, I started […]