Most of us associate the name Robert Fulghum with his little book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. But he wrote other books, one of which had the simple title, Uh-Oh. Like his better-known work, it, too, is filled with witty essays. In the latter book Fulghum tells about being asked by a journalist if he believed in God.

“No,” replied Fulghum, “but I do believe in Howard.”

“Howard? You believe in Howard?” asked the reporter.

“It all has to do with my mother’s maiden name,” said Fulghum.

“Your mother’s maiden name . . . ,” the reporter said befuzzled.

Fulghum then explained to the reporter that his mother’s maiden name was Howard and that the Howard name often came up in family conversations. So, when, as a small child, he learned to pray in Sunday School, “Our Fath…