My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.~Maggie Kuhn I was taking my fourteen-year-old granddaughter to soccer practice and I was running behind. As we backed down the driveway, she drummed her fingers on the armrest. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Coach’s rule is we have to run a lap for every minute we’re late.” “That seems harsh,” I said. “But don’t worry, sweetie. We’l...

Well, if he can re-gift, why can’t you de-gift?~Jerry and George, Seinfeld Now, since it is Christmastime and thus the season of forgiveness, I must confess, I have a dirty little secret. Before any of you get worked up, you better know that you all probably have one too. I am a closet re-gifter. (Gasp!) I know. Not only am I a closet re-gifter, but I actually have a closet that is just for m...

And you ask, “What if I fall?” Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?~Erin Hanson In second grade, while other kids played outside at recess, I stayed behind at my desk and created books from construction paper. Using the limited vocabulary of an eight-year-old, I wrote stories and dreamed of one day becoming an author. My second-grade teacher urged my parents to nurture this desire, but they d...

A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it.~Fausto Cercignani Monday night! I’ve had a pretty awful day at work and a worse forty-five-minute-turned-seventy-minute commute home. After eating something cold out of the fridge, showering and getting in my jammies, I’m just in time to watch Everybody Loves Raymond. Feet up on my couch, I’m in for the night. The ph...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince I didn’t want to take Sasha back to the shelter. When she sat down on the river trail and gazed at me with her brown-sugar eyes, I understood that she didn’t want to go back either. We had a bond, but I couldn’t seriously keep this dog, could I? “What do y...