Sunlight flashed through an open crack between the cheap vinyl window shades. I squeezed my eyes shut to the bright light, rolled over, and pulled my pillow over my head. As I lay in bed in my tiny dorm room, I considered all that had happened in my first two…
They sat in the back of the law school library, in the chairs closest to the expansive windows looking out over Bascom Hill and its steep grassy incline that was now peppered with crimson, ginger, and flaxen-colored fallen leaves. They were supposed to be studying for their civil procedure midterm,…
“Come outside and sit with me for a minute,” he says. “The sun is just going down. The sky looks awesome.” “I’ll be right there,” she replies. “I just want to put this food in the fridge and clean up the kitchen.” The momentum of the day carries her through…
This post may be my most controversial post to date. I’m going to address what might be one of the most divisive and provocative issues facing our society today. No, it’s not marriage equality or the protection of women’s reproductive rights. It is not the upcoming presidential election, the vulnerable…
“Childhood is the most beautiful of all life’s seasons.” ~Author Unknown Summer vacation has officially started for our family. School is out. There have already been a few dips in our neighbor’s pool (thanks, neighbors!!). We are heading up to Wisconsin later this week for a couple of days on…
“Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for…