Wikipedia’s definition.. “The Cradle of Naval Aviation”,  Pensacola Naval Air Station is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits. My mother’s heart definition.. the place my youngest son, a US Marine, was for water survival training. Knowing the distance…

Arriving in the early am darkness, the three of us drove onto the Island. Twelve weeks ago, we said goodbye to our son. The only contact since that day were handwritten letters, sometimes barely legible, and two phone calls. One telling us he had arrived. Another on Liberty Sunday after…

A few years ago, a dental implant rep named Dwight, from the state of Maine, challenged me.  “If you have never visited Maine, add it to your bucket list.” As he described his native home I mentally did just that.