It all started with my nephew at a family dinner. We were grilling him about a kid his age, someone we vaguely knew. “He’s an OK guy,” offered Collin, chewing his burger. “But he cheats at dodgeball.” Instantly, we all got it. From that moment on, how you played dodgeball became our family’s insider character test. Since my Ked-clad camp days, ...
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The local berry farm closed a few years ago. That was a sad day for me. The farmer’s kids didn’t have the desire to keep up the family land that had for so long produced juicy strawberries in late June and then perfectly honeycombed raspberries (purple and red) right on their tail. In late July, there’d ...
Several thousand of us thundered to our feet for the national anthem at a recent college graduation. Predictably, these types of events are choked with the emotion of life’s passages. I had been observing parents on the bleachers hugging family members and wincing back tears. The graduates on the field, roasting in dark caps and gowns, ...
I’ve been a little slumpy lately. Nothing major, just kind of in a middle-o’-life blah. I can’t seem to motivate to work out the way I used to, the get up and go is less “go” and more “harder to get up.” I eat healthy for a while and then suddenly purchase a giant box of Dots or a tub of ...
Just this morning, I did the thing experienced mothers aren’t supposed to do. I lost it on my daughter. She’s 11 and I’m 52. That makes me the adult. In fact, last year I was the oldest living mother in elementary school. It got me thinking I should try Botox injections to look like those women who come to take children away from school. I decided to ...