Pleasantly Surprised
When you are pleasantly surprised… by a company, by a colleague, by an organization, by a casual friend – an acquaintance really – let’s not elevate them too high, by an institution, so much so that you may not even Read More …
Category: life
Not Quite Right
When you think something is not quite right, trust yourself. Your gut. Your instincts. Your prior experience. Or, your friends who think something is weird. And…the material change of something that has always been there and now is gone. (There Read More …
Just Right
The elusive goal of “just right” is literally a problem for anyone (not just Goldilocks). Sometimes, we don’t have it the way we want it because we care about others and their feelings. However, when feelings are not a part Read More …
Keep Looking
You may not find what it is that you believe, but keep looking… It may feel like it is a waste of time; time that could be better spent. It may seem futile. Click. Search. Read. Repeat. It may take Read More …
Make It Look Easy
You can make it look easy, but that doesn’t mean that you should. Life is hard. Some tasks are challenging. They don’t know what you know. Learning new things takes time. Life changes and then, it can be new again. Read More …
More Than a Birthday
It is always more than a birthday. It is time together. It is sharing memories. It is catching up. It is learning something new. It is about sacrifice. It is about all those years that came before. It is all Read More …
Familiar Tune
There is, a familiar tune that you can’t get out of your head. Yet, you can’t quite sing it either. The words escape you. You can’t name it. It sort of sounds like another song altogether. The undertone, the melody Read More …
Easy Peasy
The professionals told you it would be simple…but they didn’t tell you it would be that easy peasy. Like – literally 10 minutes. No prep. Easy clean up. No aftermath. Thankfully they were right – or, at least I hope Read More …
Debate but Still be Wrong
Someone can win the debate but still be wrong. Ever experience that? Just because the argument can be won, with hard facts, a compelling argument and prior precedence, does not mean that moral and societal acceptance is on the winning Read More …
So Many Things
It adds up. There are so many things needed to start a new life away from home. Of course, it depends on the life you are “starting” and what you will leave behind. Anyone with a college bound kid knows Read More …