• “Do you know where the girls are?” I could hear the conversation with a mom who’s a close friend of my daughter Melody. Her [...]

  Freedom Isn’t Unrestricted Permission

  July 4, 2019
• Avast, me hearties! There’s riches for the takin’ if we just set our sights on what’s out there! Arrrrgh! Pirates in their [...]

  What Does A “Yes” Cost Me?

  February 28, 2019
• Memories come flooding back. I’ve done this before. Soccer tournaments were a mainstay of our family for years. We’d drive all over [...]

  Confinement Is A Dirty Word

  August 27, 2018
• Away from home, family and friends on Independence Day, our celebration was understated. Pretty much nonexistent. Still a little under the [...]

  What’s So Great About Freedom?

  July 5, 2018

• Who knew you could get so excited about a length of cotton? “You got new towels! Finally!” John was ecstatic. It had been a long time [...]

  Fluffed And Folded And Still Not Enough

  April 27, 2017