I was visiting my grandfather. He had a chicken coop in the back yard. I was sitting outside on the porch steps, eating Crackerjacks, when I was attacked by a flock of chickens. One pecked my knee
when my first child was born, I was happy and sad at the same time. I was happy that my son was born healthy and with all ten fingers and toes. But I was sad that my deceased father would never know
I was in the kitchen feeding my two-year-old son and pregnant with my second child. The TV was on and tuned to the Today Show.
Suddenly, the news broke that an airplane had hit one of the World
I was in college, and David and I were in the same Physics class. I noticed him right away but didn't think he noticed me. But he did. As I was walking out after class, he casually approached
It was the day I bought my first car. We were going to the dealership to trade in my parents' spare car for the one I wanted. But the car refused to start! After many tries, it eventually star
David and I got married in my hometown church-a beautiful, old Ukrainian Orthodox church. I had five bridesmaids and a flower girl. The choir sang as I walked down the aisle in my beautiful white go
It was August. My husband and I were driving through a construction zone on the highway. A tornado warning on the radio said to take cover IMMEDIATELY. There was no exit near us, so we were stuck.
David and I had been working and saving our money for a down payment on a house. We had looked at a lot of houses, but none of them struck both of us as "the one." Then this one day, when
I'll never forget February 10, 1999. At 3:00 a.m., the phone rang. It was my mother informing me that my father had died. He had fallen asleep on the couch, watching late-night TV. When she w