Revisiting My 2002 Graduation Address

Revisiting My 2002 Graduation Address

It is the season of graduations. Twenty years ago, I delivered the commencement address to the high school seniors of Winters High School—a public high school in Winters, Texas. I recently looked back at what I said, and I stand by it today. Here it is slightly edited...
Let Me Share My Mother

Let Me Share My Mother

Some of my earliest memories are of my mom reading to me and helping me learn how to count to 100 using the piano and pages from our church hymn book. When I was five, my friend Mark Cook came over to visit. Mom helped us string straps through grocery sacks. She then...