Sad moment helps bring strangers together
“I’ve only visited my dad’s gravesite twice since he died 15 years ago. In my mind, he isn’t there anyway. So it’s just not something I think to do. Recently, driving from my mom’s to my...
Author: David Berkowitz
Teacher’s ‘calling’ extends to incarcerated youth
“I volunteered to do some teaching in a juvenile detention center in Hemphill County one summer. That was a real eye-opener, going behind locked doors to work with those kids. The youngest was 11 or 12...
Farm-worker family had their share of challenges
“I’m originally from Louisiana, a little town called Mamou. Everyone called it Big Mamou. As I was growing up, our family worked on the farms. We were in the fields picking sweet potatoes, cotton, soybeans, peanuts,...
‘I chose not to run; I chose to stand up for myself’
“I had just washed my car and was finishing waxing it under a big oak tree in my yard. It was so shiny, a 1982 Pontiac Grand Prix LJ model, fully loaded. It was a classic....
Stretching the truth helped his early DJ career
“I knew from an early age that radio was something that I had to do. And I made it happen. You’ve got to make that sort of thing happen. Because I promise you, nobody is going...
She’s enjoying college experience, away from home
“I just finished my first semester at Northwestern State University in Louisiana. I’m there on a soccer scholarship. I had a few other offers, but I didn’t want to go too far away from home. It’s...
Adopted teenager: ‘I’m one of the lucky ones’
“When I was in foster care I would think, ‘Why, God? Why did this happen to me? What have I done to deserve this?’ Then I started thinking that maybe I was placed in this situation...
Adoption process was emotional roller coaster
“The adoption process was 18 months long. We knew it would be challenging. But we had no idea how complicated and interrogating it would get. “We had home visits. We had interviews. We had background checks...
‘Best moment, best day, best feeling ever’
“When we were trying to find a judge who would preside at our wedding, we got declined a couple times. It was frustrating, but we kept looking. Finally, when we asked Judge Coffey in Baytown, he...
Marriage dream comes true for same-sex couple
“We were straight up in love. We wanted to get married. There were no ifs, ands or buts. Since same-sex marriage wasn’t legal in Texas yet, we thought we were going to have to settle for...
