I’ve learned, through trial and error and a few tough heartbreaks, that you can find a silver lining in almost any situation. Some circumstances have been more difficult than others, true, and these required the passage...
I have never been able to understand what Ivanka Trump is doing hanging around the white house - sorry, not sorry. She has been mostly mum on the issues she claimed to be so passionate about before the Trump...
You’ve gotta wonder what’s happening in Florida, right? That state is like the problem child of the United States. Anytime a big story breaks, one of my first thoughts is: I bet that’s in Florida. I used to think I...
It has been a very interesting few weeks in politics, hasn’t it? This being election season, you’re stuck with it, whether or not you follow it. And while the platforms and party politics are interesting, the most fascinating part of...
“What do you keep in here? It weighs 20 pounds.” This is my son’s remark, as I instruct him to grab some lunch money from my purse. “Everything we need.” I retort, having answered this question...
Grandma and grandpa used to have this huge, brown, floor-model stereo. It was right smack in the middle of their living room, and next to it, right under the bin of Nana Mouskouri 8-track tapes, sat a small vinyl...
If someone asks me if I believe in Santa Claus, the answer will always be yes. I will believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny, and anything else that prolongs the temporary...
Is it safe anywhere anymore? That’s the question we keep asking ourselves and each other. No place seems to be safe from homicidal craziness, and the massacre in Las Vegas has only helped to worsen people’s growing unease. Over the past...
If you’ll indulge me for a few hundred words, I’d like to tell you about my recent vacation. I have never been terribly interested in going to Florida, to be honest. A lot of my friends went when they were...
I will always remember those times with a toddler. I’d be on my hands and knees on the hard tile floor, creeping from couch to coffee table to TV stand, looking for lost treasure. Tailing me (quite literally) was a...




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