Sam When I was growing up, I stayed with my grandparents on the weekends and during my summer vacations from school. Not because I was sent there, but because I loved being with my grandparents. And, when I was 7 or 8, there were no other kids in the neighborhood my age, so my grandfather spent a… Read More »
Keep the Candle Burning He left the candle burning, as she had asked him to do. Though it had been seven years since she went away, every evening at nightfall he would light a candle. Every night while he tried to sleep through his pain and his loneliness, the candle flickered silently casting dancing shadows upon… Read More »
We Are All Stardust You wake up and you look out your bedroom window and you see it’s another beautiful summer day. You hear the birds singing, you see the flowers opening in the sun, and you smell the fresh, clean summer wind. You see a deer peacefully eating a plant in a field, you see a bee… Read More »
Help Me Wish Darcy a Very Happy Birthday! Some of you know her as EB, some of you know her as Darcy, and most of you know she’s a very special lady. She is the one who makes sure that everyone every order gets filled, and everyone with a computer problem who has a Cloudeight… Read More »
The Gift From Maryanne 2023 Introduction This essay was written in 2008 and it remains one of our favorites. We’ve made some changes to it. We keep updating it. It is now more a short story than an essay. Every time we re-read it we are reminded of the truly important things in life. Maybe after… Read More »
Everything is Relative Last night, I walked outside briefly to see if it was still raining. It had been raining most of the day and, because for that instant it seemed important to me to know if it was still raining or not, I went outside. I was surprised when I looked up and saw a… Read More »