25 Nov Enough
"That's enough!” Ella exclaimed. Emma was adding drops of vanilla extract to a bowl of cookie batter. Gently, Ella covered Emma's hand with her own and tipped the bottle of vanilla...
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18 Nov Blue or Yellow
Sometimes I am called upon to consult on very important and time-sensitive matters. I received one such request very early one morning this week, before I even had my first...
11 Nov Leaving People a Little Better
The idea to leave things a little better than you found them is known as the campsite rule. It reminds us to pick up a stray piece of trash or...
04 Nov Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
What a time we are living in. My news feed is updating frenetically with story after story projecting what will happen with the election results, when a vaccine will be...
28 Oct Nothing I Can Do
I looked down at my to-do list, which right now is in the form of about 25 neon-colored sticky notes all over my desk, each one full of my handwritten...
21 Oct BeLikeJenny
Last Sunday afternoon, I was torn. I could continue to read a novel next to the pool. Or I could get on the spin bike. The two committees in my...