Author: Daris Howard

Jennifer’s children wanted a dog. That is normal for children, and Jennifer decided that maybe it would be good for

The recent COVID-19 outbreak, and the fear surrounding it, reminds me of a story I heard. It was based on

Coach blew his whistle, which brought us to a stop. His favorite conditioning exercise was to have us run on

After finding out there was a bullet in my arm, I hoped that was what was causing the pain in

Too often it seems like all of the news we hear is bad; at least a high percentage of it

“When will softball ever help you get a job and earn a living?” Dean’s mother asked in exasperation. Underhand fast-pitch

I joined some other men and women to take the youth of our community to a water slide for the

I was with the youngest primary children at church last Sunday, when something happened that made me think about Civil

I was nineteen years old and living in New York when I first met Juan. His family had come to

We attend a little country church in our rural community. I have been involved in many community events and have

It had been a hard year in our rural community. Lots of older people had passed away, leaving their spouses

Cyrus was an old farmer and had worked hard all of his life. He was independent, but he was getting

 Donna and I had barely started dating. She played in the orchestra for a musical, so I went almost every

My daughter Heather had had a bad day. In fact, the whole week hadn’t been that good. She had started

We were in a theatre production, and the men’s changing room was nothing but an old converted closet. We were

A truck was approaching, and I recognized some art work on the side and smiled. I thought back to the

Sunday, after church, we loaded our harp into the van, then, connected the van to the tent trailer. We were

I was scoutmaster to eighteen boys. On Tuesday nights I handled the scouting activities, but on Sundays, though I met