Not long after my dad passed away, I started seeing a male cardinal around our backyard. He’d perch on the fence outside our family room window, as if he were watching us inside. We…

I’m not going to rehash the past week’s events. You already know what happened in Orlando. You have an opinion about why these events took place. You don’t know how to solve the problem…

This July will mark five years since my dad passed away. It took me a long time to get to the point where I could feel okay in the world without him–my dad was…

Last week, one of my colleagues announced that he’s leaving his position at the university where we both teach. The announcement took me by surprise, not only because I can’t imagine the university without…

One of the many things I learned during our week at the Galley Bay Resort in Antigua was that, when you’re in a new place, even familiar foods can become new to you. I…

When Mike and I decided that it was finally time to take the honeymoon we couldn’t afford 27 years ago, we started looking for a destination that would make both of us happy. Since…

I’m back after a fantastic week in Antigua–still severely jet lagged, still digging out from under a mountain of laundry, but back nevertheless. So, while I’m still settling into the regular routine of my…