The neighbors started putting up their Christmas decorations in mid-November, and you know what? I was totally fine with that.
Maybe some other year I might have been muttering under my breath about waiting until the Thanksgiving leftovers are put away before moving on to the next holiday, but this year?
I need a little Christmas, right this very minute.
Last year, I slowly worked my way through a book called The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World. Penned by Canadian writer Christina Crook, the book grew out of the lessons she learned during a 31-day “fast” from smartphone data, email and the Internet. It’s a …
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. That’s how the saying goes, anyway, so I might as well give it a shot. You see, I started writing this the morning of Sunday, Nov. 5. Ordinarily I would have just gotten home from church, but today—which also happens to be my …
Nothing fits. It was a frequent thought of mine not too long ago. Clothes, places I’ve long held dear, songs I’ve always loved, communities I’ve been involved with, personal relationships, even my own skin.
When I was growing up, my parents had some rules for me and at least some of my six siblings about learning how to drive. We had to take driver’s ed before we could drive, and we had to be 16 before we could take driver’s ed. As a result, …
I get a little antsy when an answer I am expecting takes longer than expected to arrive. OK, maybe antsy isn’t quite the right adjective. Anxious, irritable, practically beside myself with frustration—that’s more like it. Recently, I found myself in the unfortunate situation where I was waiting for two responses—one …