THESE TIMES

It’s easy to be entranced by the innocent looks of toddlers. They appear to have no idea what’s coming at them.

The wonderful thing about quitting cigarettes is you have the opportunity to start them all over again.

When both our boys were living at home and would go out for the evening, returning after I went to bed, one of my first destinations the next morning was to check the shoe rack to ensure their shoes were there. Seeing those shoes always gave me a serene feeling. All was well with the world, at least for a moment.

Our society tends to ignore old people, probably because we can’t ext...