I’m not going to get all preachy and describe what I learned from each. Suffice it to say, the encounters, however brief, stuck with me all these years. —————————— ~The kid I liked in elementary school who stuck his tongue out at me from across the playground when someone told him I liked him. ~My…

The original picture, with a big fat finger in the shot because “old people don’t know how to take good pictures”: The same picture, edited by my son to remove the finger: He thought the sky looked too vast and boring so he added this: After tRump won the election and his buffoonery became more…

Oh, sure, autocorrect! You help me out with “ostentatious” but when I accidentally type “fyker,” you got nothin!

I woke from a terrible dream this morning. It was the last dream of the night and, unlike other dreams that turn into mist in the daylight, this dream has replayed over and over in my mind as clearly as a video on my iPad. My husband and I were driving on a newly constructed…

My husband and daughter share the same musical tastes. Every single person in this family thinks my music is trash. I can’t sing and have been told numerous times not to even try. In all, every aspect of my musical contributions have been shunned or ridiculed. I am a proud 80s pop connoisseur with no…

In Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, the prince’s mother tests the young woman’s claim that she is a princess by placing a pea under 20 feather beds. When the woman complains of a restless night caused by something hard in her bed, the mother rejoices and the young couple marry in a lavish wedding common…

I am a Walker Stalker! Basically, that is what they call any fan of The Walking Dead. My family and I have followed the show from the beginning and have, admittedly, gotten less and less enthusiastic about it through the years but I continue to watch out of sheer stubbornness and a desire to see…

My husband and I are having two vastly different Super Bowl experiences here in Atlanta, GA. Me: Him:

Someone approved these frosted glass doors for the hotel bathroom. Maybe it took several people. I’m sure it was a long and thoughtful process that included cost and appearance but, clearly, never once considered efficiency or comfort. I speak directly to all involved … These doors suck balls! My husband gets up way earlier than…