MCFATE DINER

This is a bittersweet memory.  I started working when I was twelve years old.  I had my first taxable income at age fourteen.  That year...

Some of their friends thought they would enjoy each other’s company, so they were set up on a blind date.  Three months later, they were...

Luckily, I had three teachers who positively impacted my life:       My 7th and 8th grade math teacher was a retired Air Force Colonel. ...

Man-oh-man, this had me giggling just reading the question…  To be fair, I really wasn’t a rebellious teenager.   That doesn’t mean I...

Ah, boys. I remember my first crush in fourth grade, Morgan. It was a time of such innocence that the biggest thing in the world was when...

Growing up, we always had dinner together.  For the most part, my mom and dad shared the task of cooking dinner until I got old enough...

I was born and raised in central California. My family moved four times, each time to a bigger house. I then moved five times during...

Both of my parents' family tradition was to give names based on relatives. Thankfully, my parents chose to do that with middle names...