I found it appropriate that nearly seven years to the day that my mom passed away, a déjà vu moment occurred with my dad over the...

I never really liked playing chess. My Dad taught me how to play when I was a kid. For years, he won every game. Every game. To try and...

Springtime for a kid is like a practice game for summer. A warmup in many ways. In between thunderstorms and occasional winter remnants,...