Musings on being human
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One Way to Find More Time

My daughter, Skye, stuck out her foot and plopped it on my lap. She was laying on her white daybed, covered by a pink fleece blanket with...

Time's Forked Tongue

It’s easy to get caught in the hamster wheel of life; running faster and faster just to stay standing. I think everyone falls prey at...

Five Days Locked in My Winter Palace

I cracked my eyes open, just a bit. My bedroom was still dark with all the curtains closed, but I could see a pencil thin line of bright...

The Gift of Giving-Up

Surrender. I always hated that word. It grated in my ears and reverberated in my bones as hopelessness. It sounded like giving-up,...

Are you prepared or scared?

“Here they are,” my husband said as he laid the folder holding our wills on the dining room table. The piece of paper with my hand...

Would the world be better off without you?

“Do you believe them? Do you believe that you’re strong?" I asked my 12 year old daughter. She was sitting cross legged on her bed,...

Who would you be, if not you?

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t carry a more perfect version of themselves in their head, including me! If I could just… When I… If only...

The Lethargy of Lockdown

“Really?! And they take public transportation?” I asked. I was sitting at the dining room table looking at my laptop. Skype was open...