My friend’s 5-year-old has been asking
her mother a lot of questions about heaven, not an unusual line of inquiry for
children trying to figure out how the world works. If adults wrestle with the
concept of an ever after,...
“You know they have stores there?” I
heard from the other side of my bedroom, as an unnamed critic watched me pack
for a recent trip. “We’re not going to the remote wilderness, we’re going to
Las Vegas.”
I’ve been doing research the past few days about the
proposed airport in Inverness. There are lots of opinions, plenty of
criticisms, and multiple shows of support. The one thing I wasn’t able to find,
however, is a single good...
Almost two years in, there’s no doubt the #MeToo
movement has brought about change. Women have felt empowered to tell their
stories, and companies have made improvements to their harassment policies.
People in a variety of fields, of a variety...
Last summer my friend from a
few houses down showed up at my door, wearing a slightly-bashful grin and
something I thought I would never see, at least not on him.
“Do you have nail polish
remover?”...
What is it with offices never being able to adjust to a
moderate, agreeable temperature?
This is the worst time of year. It’s supposed to be
spring, but the mornings are like winter, by the afternoon...
A few months back, during a
get-together at the house, I glanced around the room and came to a
disconcerting conclusion. While I had been busy raising children, tending
house, going to work, and establishing a life, I also had...
You’ll be forgiven if, like me, you missed The Big
Birthday, what with busy lives and all the usual horrors dominating the news.
Nevertheless, it’s not too late to issue best wishes to the one thing that has
changed our...
After a recent series of bad days, I was able to
improve my mood with one of the most pleasant forms of therapy there is: a day
spent with a friend; no husbands, no kids, no co-workers, nothing demanding...
It’s sad that it’s come to this.
A Houston high school has notified families that it’s
implementing a dress code – but not for the kids, for the adults. Apparently
parents haven’t been making good wardrobe...