I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely inspiring, and the last project of the term was called “Smile.” The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document [...]

Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love.
The combination of these things combined with a life spent outside had their effect on Ugly. To start with, he had only one eye [...]

Several years ago, I was invited to be a guest lecturer at a small college in the midwest. It was one of those schools that had been founded by religious people but had lost its religious mooring. While the school had become secularized, there were a few remaining signs of its previous religious affiliation. One [...]