During one of my shifts at work last week, my right hand was squeezed so hard that it began to tingle. I allowed this to happen, occasionally wiggling my fingers to assure myself that they still worked, while considering the fact that it would be pretty difficult to do my job if that hand stopped […]
Years ago my husband gave me a pedicure kit as a gift for my birthday. It was a throwback of sorts to a simpler time in our lives when we lived in Southern California and I discovered the therapeutic power of a good pedicure. I had never splurged on that sort of luxury before […]
My daughter is four years old, and I find it to be a magical age. She is so full of wonder, curiosity, excitement, creativity, and unending cuteness. One thing that seems to keep me grounded and well aware that she is a pint sized human and not the embodiment of perfection is her blatant lack […]
When I was nineteen, I spent the summer after my freshman year in college working as a camp counselor in Michigan. It was a wonderful experience in so many ways, and the people I worked with were fun and loving and inclusive. I was one of very few people at that camp with brown skin, […]
Yesterday morning I went to visit my grandmother at the hospital. I pulled into the familiar parking lot of this place that has become such a significant part of my life. Thirty five years ago, this is where my dramatic introduction to life began. Within its walls, both of my children also drew their first […]
I wish I could be a coffee person. There is something so enticing about the aroma of a freshly brewed pot of coffee, and the Folgers commercials I watched as a child really pulled at my heart strings. Somehow those marketing geniuses knew how to get me to believe in the connection between good coffee […]
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grey guitars and other things I think about ... 