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It was the third week of the semester and the university dorms were full.
There was a time when our daughter would wake me up three or four times a night—coming in for a kiss goodnight.

When the flood came

It was 1973.

Never without a home

Although for most of the year I live in my home country of Ghana, I spend about four months in New York City.
Written in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit South Asia on October 8, 2005.
Written in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit South Asia on October 8, 2005.
There are concerns that Indonesian avian influenza, or “bird flu,” could become a pandemic—an epidemic that spreads widely.
Almost three years to the day of the last terrorist attack in Bali, three suicide bombers targeted Western tourists, including Australians, on this beautiful Indonesian island.
We live in Texas, which, like many states in the US, has adopted tests to determine if grade-school children are progressing in specific skill areas.
When I was growing up, my dad often talked to me about wisdom, and I resented this.

A prayer for four young men

Written in response to the July 2005 terrorist bombings in London.
Americans in particular have recently become aware of the importance of shelter, as they try to help evacuees from the Gulf Coast in the wake of recent hurricanes.