This pondering was triggered by my visit with a gal at a store about me walking through my freshly empty-nested house and talking to myself about how I want my life in this house to look now. How do I want to use these recently unoccupied spaces? My thoughts went something like this...

One of my closest friends (a fellow writer) has what I call “the pronoun disorder.” Perhaps someone you know has it too? Here’s how it works.  My friend begins to tell me a story about a family reunion she is organizing for her very large family...[read more]

Nine-year-old Jenna is several years younger than her twin brothers and wants to do everything they do. Extremely intelligent young lady, high energy, enthusiastic, attentive, almost too eager, interested, etc. Her mom (my friend) is a good mom, but when watching her with Jenna, it’s evident...[read more]