Don’t you hate it when someone co opts a National holiday for their own? Attaching their own meaning to a day that all ready has a lot of meaning? Well, I’m about to do that. I mean no disrespect to the men and women who died in service. In fact, …
I’m in love. It’s the longest love affair of my whole life. It started in high school and continues to this day. At first, I thought the love was one sided, but my love keeps showing up so I’m beginning to think it’s mutual. Costa Rica It started in Freshman …
I’ve had a few conversations with friends lately that have been focused on the WHY. And I’ve had my own issues with a WHY. Something horrible. We don’t usually question the WHY of something good. And I like answers to WHY as much as anyone, but from experience, the answer …
So, I’m pretty tough. I kill spiders. I bait my own hook. I’ve given myself injections. I’m not afraid of heights or the dark. I know how to use power tools. I know how to change my oil and a tire (though I do outsource those jobs). In my professional …
Or, maybe…it’s not a choice. First a disclaimer: My mother chose her marriage over mothering with difficult consequences. And I chose my children over marriage. So, I hesitated in posting this because maybe that bias makes me unqualified? But then I thought, maybe that bias makes me exactly qualified. Why …
Aside from the obvious ploy with a controversial title, this post isn’t meant to infuriate you, but I know it could. Which is why it has sat in my “draft” folder for a while. When the two men in Boston were identified as young immigrants from Chechnya, I thought about …