Shortly after 9/11 a 16-year-old boy took a Cessna 172 and flew it into the side of the Bank of America building in Tampa, Florida. Since it was only six months since the terrorist attacks, the hue and cry went up from the largely uneducated (on aviation) public,...
Like many kids when I was growing up I wanted to be an astronaut. I probably took it a few steps further – I really got into astronomy, dragging my dad out of bed at 2am to with the telescope so I could see Venus rising next to the moon in the night sky or...
One of the things that many children fear is their parents getting a divorce. Very young children really don’t understand quite yet, they will be raised into a blended family environment that they think is normal. But it is the kids after they turn about 4 or 5,...
I missed an important anniversary yesterday – the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The bombing was eventually linked back to the country of Libya, who used operatives working for Libyan Airlines, based in...
One of the most surprising revelations I’ve had this year in reading all of the books is not just the importance of family, but the importance of a family history. It seems that people, kids in particular, develop more resiliency and are better able to handle...