A baby boom in our circle of friends has Mare asking questions. I follow the advice I received many years ago to answer what I am asked — only, specifically, exactly what I am asked — using plain English and as neutral a voice as I can manage.
Her current obsession is the distinction between […]
When I pushed open the door to the small church rec. hall my first thought was that I had not been this nervous in a long time. And then I wondered just how nervous El must have been, all the times she walked into this room – before she was serious about it and […]
“Congratulations,” I said to Ellie, on the first anniversary of her sobriety. “I think you’re awesome.”
“Thanks. It’s really a strange thing to celebrate. But I’m milking it. ‘Hey, I can stand upright and I’m aware of what’s going on, give me presents!‘”
“I feel morally obligated to blog that.”
“I totally understand.”
The Parable of the Starfish
One morning an elderly man was walking on a nearly-deserted beach. He came upon a boy surrounded by thousands and thousands of starfish. As eagerly as he could, the youngster was picking them up and throwing them back into the ocean.
Puzzled, the man looked at the boy and asked, “What […]
