We have a cat who has some dog-like tendencies. She greets us at the door when we arrive home. She plays fetch with her favorite milk-cap-on-a-string toy. She escapes outside, and she sits next to us as we eat dinner. But my favorite trait is the way she appears from seemingly nowhere when I reach…
Are you a planner? An organized woman whose life runs on a schedule that would make the airline industry jealous? Do you have your life arranged so well that you can hit your calendar with a dart and know exactly where you’ll be and what you’ll be doing no matter which square it hits? I…
My ten-year-old son is a rule follower. The world is very black-and-white in his young mind. There are good guys and there are bad guys, and there is a big difference between the two. Not only does he not know the word “nuance,” he cannot comprehend that people cannot be sorted into only two categories….
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.” ~Mother Teresa When I first met my sweet hubby, J, I fell hard for his beautiful heart. He hardly had two pennies to his name, but he had a heart of pure gold, and I was just plain smitten. He also had the tendency…
I’m a big fan of Sherlock Holmes. I first fell in love with the series in an unconventional place, when Data from Star Trek solved mysteries on the holodeck of the Starship Enterprise (catching my geeky vibes yet?). I was then later enthralled, shocked, and thoroughly amused by the more modern version starring the ever-quirky…
I’ve got this. Do you ever find yourself trying to scrape up some self-confidence and convince yourself you’ve got things under control? The other day, I was listening to the sound track from The Sound of Music. On her way to begin her new position as governess to the von Trapp children, Maria sings “I…