Last Wednesday ABC’s television series Modern Family received the International Television Audience Award for Comedy at the 54th Monte-Carlo TV Festival, indicating that it has among the highest ratings worldwide. Anyone who has seen the show knows its story line centers upon three couples—one traditionally married, one divorced and remarried, and one homosexual. With…
The Birmingham snow –the snow that all weather reports indicated was to be a mere “dusting”—shuffled down in chunky clumps outside my school’s windows, draping the ground in white. It was the first time in about three years I had seen this kind of snow, the kind used in snowball fights and excuses for…
“It’s no fun growing old.” I’ve heard that comment a number of times from my parents, friends of parents, and even strangers who are facing their “golden years.” Years ago—when I was younger, more agile, and more invincible—I just accepted the comment with an unemotional but somewhat bewildered look, the same way someone accepts…