Author: Dennis Ritchie

Night Owl

I was walking from the car to my front door very late on a cool, dark night and heard a spooky sound above and behind me. Hoo,hoo . . . hoo, hoo, hoo, Hooo! It was easily recognizable as an owl. It was even kind of nice. But it...

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Creating Courage

Homeless dogs helping healing troops recover illustrates the mutual benefits of encouragement. However you define it, you don’t have to do it alone.

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The Day You Woke Up To . . .

“You never know what’s going to happen when you wake up in the morning. Do you?” Suzie said over dinner last night. “No,” I laughed, though it wasn’t funny. Sometimes a laugh seems like the...

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But Seriously?

“Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, ‘Where have I gone wrong?’
Then a voice says to me, ‘This is going to take more than one night.’”
~ Charles M. Schulz

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