Tag: lost
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Is It Lost If It’s Found?
The masses have left, but not in one piece. After two weeks of family fun and laughter, new games played, and unique traditions added, everyone has scattered back to their homes. With more than they came with but less than they anticipated leaving with. Our home has become an extensive lost and found. From suitcases…
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A Meaningful Mess
“Hey babe, where are those reports you ran for me?” “On your desk.” Very few three-word combinations strike as much unrest in me as these three. Maybe “You’re dead meat.” Or “I hate you” followed by a sneer and growl. Possibly “You owe me” depending on what the presumed payment needed to be. “On your…
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Where In The World Am I?
We all have our challenges. Those things that complicate life by their mundane pettiness but are nonetheless always in our sight. I’m vertically challenged, for example. I claim to be 5 feet, three inches, but I’m, in fact, a half inch shy of that. It’s not an issue worthy of concern. Unless I sit on…
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Recalculating
I am directionally challenged. My Dad, recognizing my weakness early in life, used to tell me that I couldn’t find my way out of a paper bag. When I was twelve, that was offensive. Now I must admit it’s true. I don’t do points on the compass. I know what they are. Eat soggy wet…
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Na, Na, You Can’t Find Me
Why do kids love to play hide and seek? It’s a game, of course, but I think there’s something enticing about the possibility of not being found. That someone could actually stay hidden till they wanted to be discovered. Growing up, I remember playing hide and seek all over our neighborhood with the other kids…
Tip of My Iceberg 