When I was a kid, anyone over thirty was “old.” I’m about to turn 45, so I guess by my own standards, I’m downright ancient. Forty-five is not really much worse than 44, but according to the “round up” rule my teachers taught me at East Pike Elementary school, I’m really going to be about…
Self Improvement
We’re number one!
Back on May 5th, I got a little e-mail that I nearly erased. It was from a marketing director at a website called “Circle of Moms.” I had never heard of the website before, but out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the words, “You’ve been nominated for the Top 25 Military Family…
Don’t Pity This Fool
Something occurred to me tonight as I walked back up to my 4th floor base housing stairwell apartment from the neighborhood pavillion, where I had just completely humiliated myself by singing a ridiculous kareoke version of “Lady is a Tramp” at my neighbor’s 40th birthday party: People like it when other people make total idiots…
Confectionary Comforts
Running my fingertip along the wrinkled peak of thin, gold foil, I find an edge. I insert a nail under the delicate lip and lift the sheet, hearing it crinkle as it expands like an accordion. I pause a moment, just long enough to pinch the end of the tiny paper strip, and tug it…
What I believe about Hell and hand baskets