There is just no one like your mom. For starters, she has seen you naked like no one else has, has watched you grow like no one else has and has probably heard you cry like no one else has. She is a constant in your life – she is your human oxygen.

The search is on for a watery planet other than Earth. It is fascinating that we can even discuss planets around other stars. It was not long ago - before 1995 - that we assumed they were there, but astronomers had not definitely found one yet.

Your blood pressure is high. Will your physician prescribe one of the latest medications? Lasix? Inderal? Cardizem? Or will she suggest you put into action a do-it-yourself lifestyle program?

As a former English teacher, I can attest to the fact that English is a tricky and often difficult language to learn.

The concept of stretching time at home with professional, hired caregivers is relatively new. Some people can afford to hire per diem nurses. For many others, help comes from nonmedical caregivers provided through a growing number of agencies.

For 35 years, landscape painters Fred and Nancy Jones have watched spring rainstorms roll across the Midwest countryside and bathe their 1850s farmhouse in silvery-gray light.

Now there's a saying about walks in the park. But, let me say that anybody who claims, "It's as easy as a walk in the park," should first check out the distance of that walk.

In Bible times, no special Mother's Day was needed. Life itself served as a daily reminder of the importance of motherhood. The end of any successful day in the typical house was a tribute to a very busy, very smart mother.

Weekly religion rail, with items on a man seeking a name change, a Bible college housing cyclone survivors and more.

This week, travel reporter Adam Maser looks at getting child accessories through airport security.

Weekly family rail, with review of "Iron Man," pet insurance tips, a kids recipe for blueberry pancakes and more.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright isn't exactly America's Pastor, but he's definitely - for this news cycle, at least - America's best-known pastor.

Traditional retirement is an obsolete idea for many of the 5 million working Americans older than 65, said Tina Daniels, director of marketing at Goodwill of Delaware. Many retirees are re-entering the workforce to learn new skills, be productive, keep their minds active and stay busy.

To determine which gadgets are necessary and most useful, consider what you’re trying to achieve.

My mother is little like Russia — a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, to borrow from Winston Churchill.