“I’m not ready, I’m not ready,” I pleaded. My beloved dog, Fudge, was in her final days. I wasn’t ready to say goodbye. I still needed...

The rain was splattering against the windows and roof of the camper, sometimes hard enough to drown out internal thoughts. Mud was...

Deep in the dark of night the child lay motionless, her hands clutching the folds of her bedsheets, drawing them tight against her face....

A wide swath of land opened up off the main trail and led to an offshoot whose entrance immediately plunged into a thick canopy of...

The flashlight barely pierced the dark veil of night and provided no relief for the weary traveler. The heavy weight of silence wrapped...