A turn of events

A turn of events

I’m in awe! I’ve begun tutoring an adult student who recently arrived in the US from a war-battered country. He wants to learn English (well, American)! From scratch! But not only is it a new language he needs to acquire, but a new alphabet to decipher for reading and...
May I see your ID, please?

May I see your ID, please?

As babies, when 2 AM would roll around, we would wake with an achy empty feeling in our tummies, later to be understood as hunger pangs. Instantly, we would sound the alarm for the servants to come running to relieve us of this dire need. This was done, while totally...