How I’m Setting Myself Up for a Super Summer
I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that my days of three-month summer vacations are behind me. But, never one to glorify the…
I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that my days of three-month summer vacations are behind me. But, never one to glorify the…
One of my favorite aspects of airports, parks, and shopping malls is the opportunity that these venues offer for people-watching, and similarly, one of my…
Call me your fifth grade math teacher, but I’ve been on a pie chart kick lately. It started when my husband and I were goofing…
When I consider Lent, the first question that comes to mind is “what should I give up?” Though abstaining from meat, chocolate, alcohol or one…
The beginning of a new year is a great time to consider where we are in life, what matters to us, and where we want…
What do Mondays, the dentist, and cleaning toilets have in common? You probably guessed it: They all have a bad reputation. But reputation aside, I…
“We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” So far in my life, I’ve found these words — attributed to John…
One of my friends recently mentioned that she’s had 26 roommates in her life, a statistic that I found both striking and non-surprising. Between college,…
I was never, ever going to be a bus driver. I am spatially challenged and have had enough driveway fender benders to know that renting…
There’s a line from “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath” that, since reading it years ago, has carved its way into my long-term memory: “God,…