Pain Tag

My teenage son recently experienced his first heartbreak. His quasi-girlfriend of three months decided that they were better off being friends. Curiously, aside from school, the two never hung out. There were never any goofily awkward teenage phone calls or belabored requests to meet up...

The tragic events that took place on September 11, 2001 profoundly changed my life.  At the time, I was an up-and-coming ad executive in a well-known and well-respected advertising agency.  Only a few months before 9/11, I had been moved to a big office on...