There was a time when the respect and trust my children had for me would have made you sick to your stomach. They believed I could blow on a red traffic light and turn it green.

Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.

Family life got better and we got our car back - as soon as we put 'I love Mom' on the license plate.

I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order.

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

It is difficult to single out one sport over another, but if I have to name one in my separation suit, it will undoubtedly be football.

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.