“Father of the Year”
Award-winning TV personality and recipient of the highest accolades in broadcast journalism, Charles Osgood shares an endearing Father’s Day poem.
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Tag Archives: Mother
Illustrators Hall of Fame
The wonderful picture by Stevan Dohanos center pages 52-53 [March/ April] could have been taken 70 years ago of my mother and me on a farm in Iowa. Every spring my dad got the brooder house all ready exactly like the one in the picture. I could hardly wait for him to come home with ... More
Service with a Smile
My mother and I were enjoying dinner at a swank restaurant. Having not seen each other for quite a while, our conversation ranged widely, including her recounting an oft-told tale from my childhood that involved a dog. At the appropriate moment in the story, Mom, amid white linen tablecloths, crystal water goblets, and quietly drifting ... More
Like Mother Used to Do
He criticized her pudding. He didn’t like her cake. He wished that she’d make biscuits Like mother used to make. She didn’t wash the dishes. She didn’t make a stew. She didn’t darn his socks Like mother used to do. So when he went one day The same old rigmarole thru She turned and boxed ... More
