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Fairy Tales Don’t Always Mean Happily Ever After
Every little girl I know has a favorite Disney princess or has had multiple favorites over the years. When my daughter was two, she was Snow White for…
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What Happens When You Marry a Shopper?
Dennis was a shopper. He was also a brand guy. Televisions had to be Samsung. Telephones had to be Panasonic. Bicycles had to be Trek. Tools had to…
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“I Can’t Break the Bonds of Sisterhood”
Sister relationships can be complicated. I am the middle child between an older sister and a younger brother, so I have an older sister, and I am an…
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For My Husband, We Miss You
One year, 4 months, 12 days. That’s how long we prepared to lose him, but we still weren’t ready. We could never be ready. On May 9, 2019,…
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The Best Laid Plans….
When I was in high school, I was convinced that I was going to be the next Mike Royko, who was a well-known newspaper columnist in Chicago. I…
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Memories of Middle School Teachers
Middle school is full of (mostly) great memories for me. It wasn’t called middle school back then. It was called junior high, and I started at Wilkins Junior…
