Mother’s Day Redux
May 8, 2014Read moreI posted this piece last year as we neared Mother’s Day. I was still living in the jungles of Costa Rica, where the rainy season had arrived. One year...
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Our Idols are Human Too
March 4, 2014Read moreI never imagined wanting to come to John Travolta’s defense. But amidst all the post-Oscar Travolfrenzy about his on-stage butchering of Idina Menzel’s name, I’d like to weigh in. Sure, I typed my name...
Going for the Gold
February 10, 2014Read moreMy friend Julie posted her goal of someday working on the Olympics on Facebook the other day. It’s a great goal—and one I am sure she’ll accomplish. A young...
White Rose Love
January 14, 2014Read moreMy time at Wake Forest was transformational. In four short years, I learned how to balance a checkbook, footnote a term paper and get out of bed for a...
When The End is Only the Beginning
July 10, 2013Read moreI did it. I typed The End after I wrote the final sentence of my book a few weeks before I left Costa Rica. I think writer protocol says you are...
