I understand not the ebb and flow. When the cloud of depression settles upon me in suffocating gloom and when it shifts, eases and floats s...
Descent & Smudges
"Oh, please, no," I begged silently as the plane descended. "Turn around. Go back. I don't want to be here." And ...
Zone 1
Dear AirTran, Hi! I've always held you in high regard - the way you close the doors a little early and demand people board promptly so s...
Questions & Suffering
"May I take a picture?" I asked my pastor, having walked to the front of the sanctuary and into the anterior room that contained t...
Single Sentences
I could not sleep last night. I would toss and turn, turn and toss, and reach for the remote to change the channel. "Sorry, pretty,...
Good Dog
I am not good with discipline. I want creatures to like me so I'm generally lenient - even when I try to enforce rules, I often change ...
Thirty-two
"Wow," I wrote yesterday, "this is hard." And it was. I had driven through the falling snow, lifting the lever that acti...
It's My Party
People & Presents My family has arrived, full of kisses and cuddles (coughs and sniffles), to celebrate my upcoming birthday this weeken...
Trip
I returned from a short trip west, spending a migraine-miserable night in a hotel and battling through meetings yesterday and today despite ...
To Whom It May (Still) Concern:
"Let me see what you have," I requested as we sat at the bar and waited for lunch. I sipped my soda and nodded as I read what he ...
F=kx
If asked to pick a favorite law, I would quickly and consistently select Hooke's. Newton's second law is more impressive and equally...
Indécis
"Yes," I said immediately to Adam's question. He nodded and opened his mouth but I interrupted before he could. "No!...
Momentarily
"You look like a Disney character," a colleague said as we met in the lobby and walked down the hall. We went a few more steps wh...
Up & Down (& Up)
I returned to my house precisely 12 hours after I departed from it. I blinked at the clock and wondered if that was a good or bad sign. I ...
Compensation or Contagious?
"What's that mean?" Little One asked as we sat at my parents' table and played Magic Fabric. "Try to center the foam ...
Keeping It Simple
"Resolutions," I mused after Doug asked over dinner. I don't like to set myself up for failure and there are moments where I ...
Begin
"Go," I ordered. Imperative sentence. "I can't," Mom replied. "I like Destin because we always go there and I...