There is a bouncy restlessness in the air these days, a cosmic vibration that permeates the rhythm and flow of my days. Perhaps it’s the changing seasons. Spring has finally arrived with flashes of color and a flurry of activity. Or perhaps life is just filled with transitions right now…
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant? — Henry David Thoreau Way deep down, in one of our jumbled bins of toys, lays a pair of yellow-tinted sunglasses with the words “Happy Birthday” emblazoned across the top. Every once…
That first glimpse of Chicago’s skyline never seems to get old for me. Even after living in the area for more than ten years now, the sight of those towering buildings casting a dark silhouette against a backdrop of vast blue ombré still has the power to take my breath…
“Tell us your impressions about motherhood,” the cheerful instructor asked the group of new moms sitting cross-legged on the floor with newborns in our laps. A newbie to this mommy-and-me infant class, I greeted the discussion time each week with equal parts eagerness and apprehension. I desperately wanted to get…
“It shouldn’t happen,” my neighbor called when he passed by my house on his way home from work late last night as I shoveled out from under the 9+ inches of snow we had gotten during the day. I laughed, nodded my head, and went back to shoveling. I couldn’t help but wonder though:…
I was scurrying down the street last week when I found a misplaced letter. A gentle breeze had stirred, carrying the note across my path where it then fell into a pile of crumbled, wet leaves buried below the shrubs next to the sidewalk. I almost let it lay…