“Wait for me,” he called to her when they were children trudging through freshly fallen snow. She didn’t wait. But eventually he caught up. And they built elegant snow angels and elaborate fortresses together. “Wait for me,” he begged twelve years later when she fled their gloomy hometown and he,…
We’re all just walking each other home. – Ram Das Watching…waiting…wondering… with when’s and why’s and how’s that are met with heart-breaking silence or intolerable and offense retorts. Expectations lie shattered, a million sharp shards from a sparkly glass ornament that slipped from the bough. Anticipations run amok as wild…
Every few months, I pack the boys into the minivan and we make the trek from the suburbs into the city to visit my husband at his office. The boys love these little adventures. They watch movies in the car while I try not to cuss too much at the…
There is a restless impatience in the air, a twitchy and fidgety unsettledness as if the cosmic soul knows that is about to undergo a massive transformation. The Earth is raiding grandma’s antique jewelry box and bedazzling itself in fiery rubies, rich garnets, golden citrines, serene emeralds, and intricate jades.…
Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. ~Malcolm S. Forbes “Are we going to be late? I don’t want to be late,” my son’s voice called from the back seat. “No, sweetie, we won’t be late. We have plenty of time,” I responded quickly, with…
Help me! Please! I am screaming, but the words evaporate as quickly as I can expel them from my mouth. I am thrashing and writhing, desperately grabbing at anyone who might be able to save me. There are so many people around me, all possible heroes, but none of them come…