Point To Ponder

“Daniel Lewis Stevens you should be smacked!”

I would typically get that greeting on the phone about once a month or so.

“You do not run “bear” naked. You run “bare” naked. I swear you make more mistakes with your synonyms …”

Having a mother who held a PhD had its’ moments. Basically, I had a genius watching over my every move in print so that even spell-check was never good enough to catch every error … but my mom sure could.

Growing up, my mom and dad didn’t usually attend any of my sporting events – which never bothered me – honestly. I mean, my older brot...