A record-breaking swim, extraordinary climb and bike tourall in one day. An unsurpassable athletic event. A sports feat that would stretch the body beyond its human capabilities. They said it couldn’t…
It only took a couple of chaotic knock-knock jokes withmy granddaughter to remind me that life’s best moments are never scripted. Breaking free of our perfectionism, we usher in a whole lot of…
If bears had slippers they might never come out of hibernation. Why? Because slippers automatically turn off the alarm clocks inside us. Our circadian rhythms slow when we put on our house shoes, and…
While we thought we had clearly established our boundaries in our sunken rec room, subtle changes were in the air. Our once loyal toy poodle seemed suddenly much happier around our G'ma. Jealousy and…
The rec room and its replenishing oxygen was starting to take on personal meaning for us and had slowly evolved from a depressing lower umbilical to the rest of the house to a major pipeline offering…
When my parents bought out first house, they loved the big back yard, the friendly neighborhood and the proximity to a good school. My brother and I, on the other hand, considered the sunken living…
We all are products of those voices who took a chance on us, those that saw something bright in our future and taught us what becoming better looked like. In this short story in a week celebrating…
If you had an art teacher when you were a kid that didn't like your creations, you might be inspired after you read this to get out the old paint set and pick up where you left off. Be careful though!…
I'm a list maker. So, when it comes to making my New Year's resolutions, out come the 3 X 5 cards. Several authors, however, suggested an alternative to the ubiquitous list, something that feels a…
Processing Christmas in families is... well...a lot like processing any other day of the year. And yet, some of our most important Christmas moments, the ones we reminisce about, are the ones that…
