To play the game
My family and I play board and card games fairly often, but my most memorable game experience happened 17 years ago when I was 8 months pregnant with my 4th… Read more »
Category: Family
Whack! Thump! Bam!
Whack! Thump! Bam! Again, and again, and again the bird hit our window. Whack! Waving my arms near the window only made the bird go away for a few minutes…. Read more »
Star People
Sometimes an event happens which impacts you, even though you might not at the time be aware of its importance. It is usually a very minor event, barely memorable at… Read more »
Chaos and backstabbing
Every so often over the past year I have been tortured by sudden, overwhelming, violent shivers. These shivers have been caused not by a medical condition, but by a memory. A… Read more »
My bully story
I was bullied in fifth grade. Every day for most of the school year, this group of 5 girls would surround me during recess and punch me, pull my hair,… Read more »
Would they, could they, write a script?
The time to visit my husband’s school to talk to the students about writing is just around the corner. As a matter of fact, I bet if I blink fast… Read more »
Snowstorm 2012
The news reports say that it is one of the top five biggest snowstorms our area has had in history. They’ve called it Winter Extreme, Winter Wallop, and even good… Read more »
Merry Christmas!
When Christmas time draws near We sometimes see a tear In the corner of our snowman’s little eye. But please don’t be concerned It’s just he never learned That Christmas… Read more »
You can’t delegate your life
I awoke this morning with the oddest words echoing through my head. They were playing, over and over, as if their importance was so intense that my mind was determined… Read more »
Elbows Malone
Running across the airport is always a trying experience, especially when the mischievous pixies of the reservation system have been busy moving whichever gate I needed to the far corners… Read more »