The average college debt among student loan borrowers in America is $32,731, according to the Federal Reserve.

As I sat in the lobby of a hotel recently while visiting my daughter and granddaughter in Florida, I had the pleasure of seeing a family reunited. 

Once a religious holiday celebrating the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day has become an annual day for revelry and partying. 

A neighbor suggested I join a community website where people post about restaurant openings and closings, shady repairmen, and snakes.

This coming Saturday night – well, technically Sunday morning - our eyes and minds will be focused on big hands and little hands.

Translating the urban dictionary into a language even old geezers can understand. 

The day was gorgeous, simply gorgeous – sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 70s. The beautiful weather was a most welcome change from the cold and rain that had cast a gloom over the first few weeks of February.

As the events of the past few months have unfolded, I have often found myself wondering what our founders would have made of it all.

And so continues the story of a sweet little southern lady and her pet pig.

According to Gary Chapman’s popular book, The Five Love Languages, my daddy was a gift giver. He gave extravagant presents but was a man of few words when it came to expressing his emotions. 

Last week I shared with you the fact that some 25 years ago I bought my mother a pig for Valentine’s Day and she thought it was the best gift ever.

If you think this story is about Berry Gordy’s 1960’s record label that gave us “Baby Love,” “My Girl,” and “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” you’re wrong.

It was the best Valentine’s Day gift ever. How do I know this? Because Momma said so, that’s why. And momma, of course, is always right. 

I once thought that the world would end in a “boom,” but nowadays I fear we will all perish in a “Zoom.” 

Remember playing pirate as a child, banding together with a crew of neighborhood kids to search for an imaginary chest filled with gold doubloons?