From the bright sunlight that glowed through my closed eyelids, it was a beautiful morning. But I couldn’t get up and face another day of this unending monotony. I pulled the pillow over my face, and yearned for sleep to deliver me. An hour later, I’d given up. I made the bed, decided it wasn’t…
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A dose of dirt
I’ve got dirt packed under my fingernails. There’s a blister the size of Delaware on my thumb. My face is sunburned in a distinctive raccoon pattern around my sunglasses. I’m walking with slight limp, thanks to the pain in my knee from too much squatting. This happens to me every spring. As soon winter gives…
Even garden-variety military spouses inspire
I’ve always been a bit of a loner. This may seem to contradict my image as class clown, columnist, and book author — but it’s true nonetheless, and it has affected me as a military spouse. I’ve always taken longer than most to make friends. As a young child, I often played alone. As a…
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Author of columnists’ bible says Meat and Potatoes of Life ‘blends belly-shaking laughs with poignancy’
A decade ago, after a humor essay I wrote on marriage somehow got published in the Washington Post, I thought, very naively, “Hey, maybe I could be a newspaper columnist!” This flash of ignorant brilliance was not deterred by the realization that I had no idea what being a newspaper columnist entailed. I was published…