One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.

Sometimes people come into your life and you know
right away that they were meant to be there, to serve

An elderly Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life...

When I was younger, I remember receiving the inevitable homework assignment to write an essay on "something I am thankful for." Then I'd spend a lot of time sitting in my room trying to f

Jesus came to compensate  

He's rough and lacks in etiquette,
Society would say.
He has no classy attributes,
To help him on his way.

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained
that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.  "I've gone for 30

A little girl walked to and from school daily.
Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to the elementary school.

Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them:

I don’t carry a gun because I love it. I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.