My Diamonds on Wheels
About a decade ago, my husband was out on a diamond hunt with a friend who was looking for a new wedding ring for his wife. That adventure for my husband was similar to when he goes grocery [...]
A Persistent Dreamer
I have to admit, some days I feel a little self-conscious. Sometimes even embarrassed. Of my life. I have this furtive need to “lay low” because maybe, just maybe, people who I know might hate me [...]
Letting Go and Holding On
The other day a Facebook friend of mine said that he was tired of people posting pictures of their kids all the time. Ad nauseum. He said that he became friends with us on Facebook to find out [...]
That time I was sitting in a cemetery
I used to love Alanis Morisette back in the days of my adolescent angst. She would scream and wail about scratching her nails down someone else’s back in the hope that her ex would feel it. She [...]
The Gift of Hope
I heard today that a dear friend’s mother died. And I can’t hear that sort of news without asking myself questions that should never be asked by anyone. Questions like, “How will I find out that [...]
Próspero Año
Instead of New Year’s Resolutions, my group of girlfriends has a “New Year’s Word.” A word that comes to us by divine appointment, sometimes cheerfully, sometimes begrudgingly, sometimes with [...]
Pervasive Belonging
For eight years of my life I worked with children who had been diagnosed or were in the process of being diagnosed with a PDD….”pervasive developmental disorder.” What a word. Pervasive. Existing [...]
unlimited adventure
When I sit in LA traffic, which occupies a larger percentage of my life than I would choose of my own volition, I sometimes feel that pull right in the center of my gut. It’s the part of me that [...]