Anyone who knows me knows that the phrase “right place, right time” is not one that plays a big part in my life. I’m more of an “if it weren’t for bad luck, that girl would have no luck at all.” I was thinking about that and have developed a theory. I think I am… Read more

Because of the enormous pain I am carrying around from my last relationship, I seem to be focusing on what is going wrong with my life. And there’s plenty to focus on there, for sure. But there is also the other end of the spectrum. The one that houses things that we don’t pay attention… Read more

When my mom moved in with us, we brought her piano here. It is the same piano that sat in our house for forty years or so. The first time my finger touched the keys, it was those keys. It’s the piano that I learned on and failed to practice on. This is the piano… Read more

When I was in elementary school, they offered a program called P.I.P. (Parents in Partnership). It was for children with special needs that required a different environment than the typical classroom setting. The teachers or administrators or whoever were remarkable in their decision to allow kids from the standard classrooms to go help out in… Read more