Hi! My name is Alyssa, and I joined Ripple in February and I’ve already grown so much!

I suppose we all have a catalogue of crazy stories amassed over the years about family and friends.

The “health care bill” that Republicans are trying to pass in the Senate, like the one approved by the GOP majority in the House, isn’t really about health care at all.

As some of you may have read in this spot seven days ago, I didn’t have a whole lot to go home to after work last week while my wife and our two sons were out of town attending a work event.

Life at Collins Home this week is quiet while kids attend summer camp and the house parents enjoy a much-needed vacation.

I once hosted a “relaxation table” for hospital staff, visitors and patients.

Words matter, journalists are fond of saying.

Dear Dave, my husband and I aren’t seeing eye-to-eye on a motorcycle.

Your average pro football fan glued to a TV set on Sundays and Mondays (and sometimes Thursdays … and Saturdays after the college football regular season ends) might not be caught dead watching a fashion show, but rest assured — football and fashion are very closely linked.

Kelley Paul had gone to bed Tuesday night as usual, with her cellphone set on “Do Not Disturb,” except for family and close friends whose calls would always go through.