It’s Time for My 20-Year High School Reunion and Some Honesty
My 20-year high school reunion is coming up, but I don’t know if I will go. High school wasn’t the…
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My 20-year high school reunion is coming up, but I don’t know if I will go. High school wasn’t the…
Continue ReadingI sheepishly called my new-er friend. “Hi, Addy, I don’t want to be a bother, so if you’re busy, don’t…
Continue ReadingThis year, two colleagues and I submitted a poster titled Feeling at Home, Away from Home for my organization’s annual…
Continue ReadingShould I be enjoying this more? I wondered to myself as I sat in the car solo, a rare moment…
Continue ReadingI am writing this at the hospital bedside of my dad, who just had quadruple bypass surgery, feeling endless gratitude…
Continue ReadingOne of my favorite pictures is the one taken of our two daughters-in-law standing belly-to-belly at their baby shower. They…
Continue ReadingIf you happen to be a fan of disaster movies, you have inevitably seen fictitious parents make life-and-death choices in…
Continue ReadingWith the arrival of summer break, photos of exciting family vacations have begun to fill my social media feed. I…
Continue Reading“When can I have a phone?” my sweet daughter asked from the backseat of the van. “Gabby and Megan already…
Continue ReadingWhen I was growing up, I watched my mom work. She was an elementary school teacher. I saw how hard she…
Continue ReadingFrom my teen years into my late 20s, I was the friend people would come to when they needed something—and…
Continue ReadingI let the anger consume me. It's happened before. I was hurt, and it was real, but I fed it.…
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