Tag: mistakes
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The Focus Of The World
photo courtesy of Rhett Lewis on Unsplash Every four years people from all over the world turn away from the challenges of everyday living, personal opposition, and possibly pain, to watch a game that everyone sees as the beautiful game. Maybe not so much in America, where football is played with an oblong ball rather…
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There Is No Dress Rehearsal
I’ve been to my share of graduations. Celebrations of a rite of passage, a task accomplished and a new journey ahead. Most of them have been from high school or college. This was my first kindergarten graduation. Yes, this is a thing. I didn’t realize that so much attention could be focused on finishing this…
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A Little Dirt Goes A Long Way
Other than Girl Scout camping in cabins, I’ve been real-life camping only once. We lived in California at the time, and a few friends invited us on a three-day camping trip somewhere in the San Bernardino mountains. We had five kids, ten and under, and no equipment. Folks lent us tents and other essentials to…
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I Thought I’d Taken Care Of Business
My voice has dropped an octave. If I didn’t feel so lousy, it’d be amusing to rebrand who I am with my new vocal chords. The conference has begun. And I’ve got a worse cold than I did weeks ago. Rivers of yellow snot flow from my nose. My throat is raw. I sound…
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Broken And Hurting
Celebrating birthdays is a must. We finally got around to having more family in town to celebrate John, which he’d never ask for. Would avoid attention to himself if he could. Not in this family. The grands had helped with the preparations. There were balloons and laughter, our goofy family birthday song and a cooperative blowing…
Tip of My Iceberg 