I don’t even remember what felt so pressing. So important that I didn’t have a few minutes to spare. Maybe I was just wiped out at the end of a long day and I wanted to shut down. Whatever the reason, as I stood in the doorway of my son’s bedroom, I resisted his super…

Fatal Error. That’s all it said. I stared blankly at the computer screen. Excuse me? What do you mean “fatal error”? I could feel my stomach hit my feet as I processed what was happening. As far as I could tell, it was as if my blog never existed. There was nothing there. Just those…

“Call me whenever you need a ride. No matter where you are, I can be there in five minutes.” So it began…a new friendship with a fascinating islander. My family recently explored the splendor of Turks and Caicos (a celebration of 20 years of marriage). And as our taxi driver zipped us around town throughout…

I looked up from my computer as I heard a car horn blasting through the drive-thru window. You know that mean sounding horn honk. Not the gentle tap that says “hey there” or “go ahead.” A few minutes later, I walked up to the Starbucks counter to procrastinate my writing project and order a snack…

I stood in line at Target holding a blue poster board. I couldn’t help but wonder what would fill the blank spaces. My son, Jack, texted earlier that day asking me to grab a few supplies for his Ten Year Plan- a project for eighth graders to start thinking about life as they prep for…