Being kind never goes out of style. Kindness is not just being polite or nice. Kindness means giving help or assistance to another...

Have you ever said, "shoulda, coulda, woulda" or "should of, could of, would of"? Too many people have, and when they put pen to paper...

The terrible scare of Ellie fainting was more than her parents could bear. They swore they would never put Ellie in such danger again. ...

We would visit family members' and friends' homes when I was little, probably in the single digits. Often if it were a new build or our...

2021 is quickly coming to a close. The holidays are fast approaching; this is the time of year when there are so many things to...

Photo by Armin Hanisch Sacrifice. The word is used in baseball as something done to advance a base runner. In chess, it is when you...

People may debate that those with a more extensive vocabulary are more intelligent. IQ is relative. There are many IQ tests, and results...

This story of Declan and Ellie, this story of deep despair versus extreme untarnished happiness, this idea has/had merit. There is a...

Dear MommaHattie, Can we NOT go back to shaking hands? Sincerely, Not-A-Fan Dear Not-A-Fan, AGREED! There are descriptions of handshakes...

Wash, rinse, repeat. Has your life become a perpetual motion of repetitiveness? Have you decided to succumb to the mundane? mun·dane...

People can use the semicolon in a variety of ways. A semicolon is used as a winky-face emoticon when placed with a parenthesis. As a...

Declan opened his arms, looking out in the distance. A beautiful woman with two small children on either side of her were running towards...

Dear MommaHattie, I need some advice. I am currently dating a woman who is 10 years older than me. I am 40, and she is 50. We have known...

Typically typing takes tiny titillating taps from free-flowing fingers, finding keys clicking quickly. Once weary, the whiny writer...

When I was a little girl, I saw the movie "The Glass Slipper." The movie was released in 1955; it is a ballet and another version of the...

{Due to the very important nature of this topic Declan and Ellie story has been preempted. Their story will return the first Monday in...

When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone? Or received a written letter? Or sent or received a postcard? If you follow this...

Many years ago, (approximately two and a half decades) I had an advice column in The Southern Mirror, a small college paper for Erie...

It would seem the summer is over! OVER? Well in Western New York (where I am from) the beginning of Erie County Fair has traditionally...

Ellie could not find the sad man no matter how hard she tried. Her parents were not entirely on board with the idea of their little girl...