In 2017, a week after Hurricane Harvey hit the coastal communities near Galveston Bay, our school doors reopened to a changed world. Harvey was a

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” “Can any one of you

What do you long for that you know you’ll never have because it’s too late? What if what you desire is still possible when a

I was seven years old and in the third grade when I got my first pair of glasses. Written assignments felt tedious back then, so

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There are many days when I wish I could go back and unsay a word, undo a deed, or erase a moment that plays again

Most life-changing news doesn’t come with any warning. In 1981, it started for us as a simple spot on my wife’s side—something odd, nothing urgent.

Growing up, my family lived in a simple wood frame house in a working class neighborhood, nestled in the shadow of refineries and petrochemical plants.

This morning, I’m feeling low and troubled without any clear reason. I’ve always tended to live in my head, searching for answers. Whether I’m trying

Have you ever felt like you didn’t exist? On Monday, I did—lost in a crowd, stripped of my name, reduced to a number. On Monday,

I still remember a freshman from my 1999 class: a friendly, determined young lady with binders covered in Britney Spears pictures. I was nearing 40,

A few years ago, I heard a well-known pastor open his sermon with an old Scottish prayer: “Father, what we know not, teach us; what