Susan Ryan This I Believe, 2014 How often do people get a second chance? From the time you’re small, you’re always being told “there are no second chances,” and…
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Michael Otterman (This I Believe, 2014) The air was crisp, cold, and though it was only 3:30 PM, the late afternoon sun cast long shadows off the spindly trees that…
Jim Ryan This I Believe, 2013 Some of the other folks up here tonight are likely to be discussing that moment of epiphany where a concept came into being,…
Jim Kurtz (This I Believe, 2013) The minute I replied to Carol’s e-mail I wanted to take it back. I am hardly eloquent nor am I a philosopher, and am…
Trudy Elins This I Believe, 2011 When I look back on my childhood memories so many that are the most crystalline, or the most comforting, are memories where at…
Cynthia Chalker This I Believe, 2011 Recently my New York family and I traveled to Philadelphia to celebrate my birthday with a combination of friends and family with whom…
George R. Schumacher This I Believe, 2011 There aren’t any stages in a person’s life that are so maligned as adolescence. For most people, those years between entering puberty…
Bruce Ettenberg This I Believe, 2010 In September 1981 Debra, I and our two sons, Andy aged 12, Seth aged 9 and our family dog Ginger returned from an…
Laura Finfer This I Believe, 2010 I believe that things happen for a reason. I’m not referring to destiny or spiritual determinism. Instead, I believe that with thought and…