Chalking

Chalking

As a young girl I loved using chalk. The powdery substance decorated our driveway, sidewalks, and even my pretend classroom. I made colorful designs or sketched out hopscotch games and the cleanup was easy! While dry erase makers have almost totally replaced chalk,...
Gifts

Gifts

During my childhood, my family set up a nativity scene during Advent, the four weeks leading up to Christmas. It included a stable, cows, a donkey, sheep, shepherds, the angel Gabriel, Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, and three wise men with their camels. While the figurines...
Home

Home

The mid-afternoon sun shone brightly as I slowly followed the signs for “Arrivals.” My heart beat in anticipation of seeing the long blonde hair and magnetic smile of Sophie, my daughter. I dropped her off in San Diego for the fall semester on August 10th and...
With

With

I leaned over to pick something up and felt a sharp tingling pain. The first week of January launched a difficult 2011. For some reason, I did not turn to Google to determine possible causes for the pain, and by the time I arrived at the doctor later that week, little...