Love, when it is still new and shiny, can be very uncertain territory.  About fifteen years ago, my husband and I were still new in our relationship.  So new, that he thought I was being coy when I stated that Valentine's Day was not a holiday I put much stock in.  It just isn't.  It's a day when people who love each other are obligated to publicly display that love with gifts … [Read more...]

Each day, my daughter and I pick up my son from kindergarten.  I park and we walk the quarter mile (if that) to the gate.  We cross the street where the majority of the parents are parked waiting for their children to be released.  It's a giant, segmented earthworm of cars stuck on the pavement and unable to move. Every day we walk past the same cars (how early do they get … [Read more...]