Galley Street

Mom said, "Wear something nice, and go down to Ms. Jerrell's. She won a cake at the cakewalk last night at the fall festival; and ...

This week is our spring break. I thought it would never arrive. I felt like the hare, from "The Tortoise and the Hare." I was goin...

My mom grew up in a neighborhood called Orchard Heights, several houses perched around a hill. In winter, it was like living on a wedding ca...

I taught fifth graders for seven years. Fifth grade teachers monitored recess. Twenty-five minutes a day, as long as the temperature was abo...

Yes, that's me. Age 14 months, sitting on Grandma's chenille bedspread, smiling at my Easter basket, holding a chocolate rabbit ...

During college, I was a member of the Baptist Student Union. On weekends, we traveled to small churches in our state to help with their yout...

I have been reading Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided , a gripping tale of Gerta, a girl whose family is divided by the Berlin Wall....