Category Archives: encouragement
Spring Thaw
TODAY’S LAUGH: Those of us in snow country know what the spring thaw brings. Piles of dirty snow melting away revealing…um, piles of dirty junk we forgot to put away last fall. I watch in awe as the huge snow … Continue reading
“YAAHOOHOOHOOEEE!”
TODAY’S LAUGH: I’ve always loved school, but this is school on steroids. This is school times a gazillion. This is school to the max for my old brain. This is an adventure. I feel like Goofy in “The Art of … Continue reading
Mom Jeans and All-Bran
TODAY’S LAUGH: This grad school adventure is the first time I’ve “gone away to school.” I share a house a couple days a week with four undergrads. I was a little nervous about the whole deal till my daughter reassured … Continue reading
The Generation Gap Revisited
TODAY’S LAUGH: When I decided to tackle grad school, I figured the generation gap would be painfully obvious. It is. When did college students get so young? I realized the other day that I’ve been married–for the second time–longer than … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide
TODAY’S LAUGH: We were in the drive-thru at a Burger King–the ultimate in modern convenience–when I looked across the street and saw this unexpected sight. Worlds were colliding, right there before us, and I just had to get a picture. … Continue reading
The Goofy Stuff of Life
TODAY’S LAUGH: Three-year-old grandson Charlie showed me his new crayons the other day. “I got these at Mommy’s office,” he said. Actually, he’d gotten them the day before when we took him to the hospital to visit his mommy and … Continue reading
New Year Where? Who? What?
TODAY’S LAUGH: Grandson Joey (almost 5) asked to go outside the other day while visiting our house. I said, “No, it’s too cold. It’s only five degrees out.” “I like cold,” he said. I countered with, “But it’s windy too, … Continue reading
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Sanity Clause!
It happens every Christmas season. I promise myself, usually in July, that this year–for sure–I’ll be ready well in advance for Christmas. This year–for sure–I’ll focus on the real meaning of the season and not get pulled into the commercialized … Continue reading
Mr. Dickens, You’re On Your Way!
TODAY’S LAUGH: Just saw the news that Oprah’s latest book club pick is (drum roll please) A Tale of Two Cities & Great Expectations. I thought, Hold on to your hat, Mr. Dickens. Your literary career has just been launched … Continue reading
The Macaroni Wagon
TODAY’S LAUGH: One long-ago morning, I was on the phone in my kitchen (back in the Stone Age when phones were corded and land-locked). My children (2,4 and 6) were in the next room and were, as usual when I … Continue reading