My closest friends and I share everything, from the minutia of our day to larger issues we are facing at home or at the office. As I read articles this morning about the most recent shooting at the bar in California, I thought about the fact that we don’t really talk…
Salads. Nachos. I placed the order or made them myself, so I know the ingredients. And yet, every bite is a mystery when you can’t see what’s on your fork, unknown to me until the taste explodes on my tongue or my teeth make contact with texture. The delicious creation…
Friday night before 11 p.m. we had a tornado warning. I can’t remember ever receiving such an alert. There have been watches over the years, but less than twenty that I can recall in my lifetime. It was hard not to be paralyzed by fear as we made preparations to seek…
Starting a new professional endeavor as a realtor, a friend was given her first assignment: send one hundred mailers to her own personal contacts announcing her arrival into the real estate world. Of course, a small amount of vetting was required; she didn’t include her elderly aunt and uncle who…
“Getting measured for a bra is like waking up blind. It’s terrifying, shocking, carries a large degree of denial and makes you question everything you thought you knew about yourself and life.” —- Sister Rain
It’s fascinating to me that we are able to live our lives without something we have lost and not feel the effects every second of every day. Of course a fresh wound is a different story, it requires a long recovery before even developing a scab, followed by it being…
Mammogram, g-y-n, dental and eye Tests and exams every year Time consuming and bothersome, always Some come with a level of fear. But nothing compares to one day each fall: Piper’s annual trip to the vet His well-check appointment is nerve-wracking to us His daddy’s and my palms start to…
I recently heard a reputable medical professional say that the human body is built to work for only 40 years. That explains why on the morning of that auspicious birthday, suddenly your knees crack, your lower back sings and you are exhausted from getting up multiple times during the night…
”That’s the thing about travel. It makes the globe feel so big and your own world feel so small.” —- Sister Rain
Cameras are everywhere these days. Everyone’s phones, traffic, web, surveillance, security and elevator cams capture our every move. Big Brother is watching . . . but so are the actual people in the footage with us. Much like a child we try so hard not to swear in front of,…
