One month ago I was discouraged. I was trying to plan a summer trip to some sort of national park and was coming up short. Never having taken a family vacation outside of visiting family and two highly scheduled trips to Disney, […]
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When I learned that my friend's newborn son was in critical condition, I had every confidence that he would be ok. Maybe I was being blindly naive, but in my mind his would be a …
If there is one toy in our house that enjoys idol status, it is the Bakugans. For those of you unfamiliar, they are little transformer-like spheres that morph into monsters and battle each other. My …
Grandma Rose's worn, white farmhouse was nothing fancy. When visiting you were just as likely to see a turtle she'd trapped dangling from a tree as you were a fresh apple pie cooling on the …
I have a friend with this habit of thrusting me into awkward situations. I never know when I'll have a surprise meeting with a stranger, meet five random people at dinner or be swept along to some exclusive …
My high school voice teacher once chose a particularly challenging piece for me to sing in competition. Bernstein's I Hate Music is a series of five songs sung from the perspective of a child who …
I remember when pop culture magazines started touting headlines that forty is the new thirty. Still in my twenties, I'd smirk at Courtney Cox smiling on the glossy cover and think, "Nice try, Courtney. Forty is …
I was on Instagram. Again. Killing time before I had to leave for work, I absentmindedly scrolled through a myriad of pictures and advertisements. The pictures were lovely, sure. But they weren't adding anything to my …
There are two words I have never heard anyone use to describe me: silent and still. My kids might tell you I cry out for silence and stillness all day, every day. But silence and stillness …
Last week I found myself driving to collect twin seven-year-old boys. I was excited about to see them but also apprehensive. Because this family has done a number on my heart. Three years ago the boys stayed with …
