Visiting Switzerland had been my dad’s lifelong dream. After his diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, my mom decided to go with him while he was still physically able.

When Melanie began having regular headaches, her doctors discovered she had a benign tumor in her pituitary gland.

I was putting my grandson to bed during a sleepover. When his Bible bookmark opened to Psalm 23, he objected, “We already read this one.”

If you’ve ever heard the expression “albatross around my neck”—a phrase referring to a tiresome burden—you’ve heard an allusion to English poet Samuel Coleridge’s famous poem “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

In Singapore, the government encourages people to support good causes by donation-matching.

I used to work with a woman named Madge, who was an amazing cook. “You should taste my pea and ham soup!” she said one day.