Back to School

Back to School

I  grew up out in the country and I always loved the long winding walk down the driveway to meet the bus for that first day of school each year.   There was something about the crisp fall air, freshly sharpened pencils, and squeaky new shoes that filled me with...
Vacations  & Pausing

Vacations & Pausing

While skiing on the slopes recently, I was relishing the fresh powder and the fact that I was, well, skiing. Thoughts of work, of bills to pay and decisions to be made back home were merely fleeting thoughts and far, far away if they were present at all. I was on...
A Sunday Conversation

A Sunday Conversation

Up early on Sunday, coffee in one hand, newspaper in the other, we sat at the kitchen table, reading.  It’s our regular routine, though this Sunday mom was in town, joining us in our weekend ritual. Given the chaos of the last year—the presidential election, the...