I found myself in the middle of a conversation about childbirth the other day. Besides the setting (the office where I work), the odd thing about it is that I've never given birth to a child. So I was feeling…

I want to tell you something - nothing lasts. Everything changes, morphs, transforms, disappears. I want to tell you this so you won't be surprised when you notice it happening. Friends come and go. People who, as a child, you…

Mrs. Kind turned toward her daughter, but kept her head lowered. “Nora, I caution you as I was never cautioned.” Her voice thick and heavy, as if the words were weighing her tongue and heart down. “Don’t be so careful…

First take the eggs out of their clever little sockets in their carton. Pay homage to the inventor of the egg carton. Nestle them into a big pot of cold water, i know it seems counter-intuitive but it works somehow,…

Perhaps not. I didn't. But now that I'm old(er), i listen...i listen intently...i truly listen and finally hear. Because I have learned that old thing about God having given us two ears and only one (overactive) mouth: we are meant…

“I caution you as I was never cautioned,” the man in the green mask growled to the man with the gun.. “I caution you as I was never cautioned,” the crone, wagging a bony finger, said to me in an…

I caution you as I was never cautioned. The flight attendants are overworked and underpaid. The plane is delayed or canceled about 40% of the time. The airline waits until the last minute to tell you there is a 6-hour…

Would I have listened to the warnings? I doubt it. Don't we all want to discover the world anew? Still shouldn't some one have warned me about the avoidable mistakes? Taking out credit cards? How to balance a budget. I…

Violet ripped the pages from the dairy throwing one upon on the other until the year was empty. "I'm not doing this anymore," The rage reaped tears from her soul. Who the hell writes love letters to a man who…

“ReDONdo!” That’s how Cristin would answer the phone when I called from the landline. It was sunny outside and we were going to have a difficult conversation. “In the flesh. Except not at all.” We made jokes when we were…

When I was in 7th grade I loved nothing more than being on the phone with my friend Candy, talking about Elton John. I'd be in the dark kitchen after dinner and homework on the phone that was attached to…