Tag: courage
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Dare You To Step Over The Line
At two and a half, Brooklyn has some specific ideas of what her life should look like. Not uncommon with a firstborn. She’s been around adults a lot, and she’s been spoken to in a conversational mode that reflects more of an adult bent than baby talk. Her enunciation and vocabulary amaze me. One dear…
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Ashes and Dust
It’s hard to imagine someone’s life reduced to a box the size of a loaf of bread. Mom made her wishes known–she wanted to be cremated. It’s what she’d chosen to do with Dad, and it made more sense to her than buying a plot. This isn’t an argument I will pursue. Some believe a…
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Washington Can’t Make Us Better
Stephen Paddock had his fifteen minutes of infamy. A millionaire gambler who appeared to have it all made the decision to play judge, jury and executioner for a group of people he didn’t know. What goes through the mind of someone who instigates the deadliest mass shooting in US history? What does it take to…
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Let It Go, Dad Gum It
I think about myself quite a bit during any given day. I’m not narcissistic, nor self-absorbed. My world isn’t wrapped up in me. It’s a bit unnerving, however, to reflect on how frequently my thoughts go to how I’m doing, how I look, how I’m being received, how I’m impacting others. Rather human of me.…
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The Awful, The Worst–And It’s All Truly Ugly
For a good many Americans, tomorrow is when we’ll have the opportunity to vote for our next President. I’ve read opinions, blogs, articles and news stories galore about the substance of this election. Here’s what I know to be true. Sometime after Tuesday, we’ll have a new President. I’m not siding with the Democrats or…
Tip of My Iceberg 