Not what it seems.

My teacher had a file folder of brief, two-person plays. It was the mid-80s, and I was in third grade. A classmate and I — we’ll call her Marissa — decided we’d try our hand at theater one day. OK, a bit of an exaggeration, but we plucked two laminated cards from the folder and […]

All We Can Do

They say there are two days you should never worry about: yesterday and tomorrow. I think they’re right, although you’d never know I believe it. I find myself worrying about things I can’t control. Some I can, yes, but the ones I can’t are the ones that keep me up at night…unnecessarily. You’d think I’d […]

Peace and Plenty

If the sky wasn’t clear and the moon wasn’t shining brightly in the west, I’d probably tell you it’s raining. I stepped outside this evening and there was a cool breeze dancing high in the treetops — palm tops, to be exact. Firm leaves shushing against each other could easily be mistaken for the sound […]

Respond and ignore.

Sometimes the best efforts go unreturned. Is it worth it to chase them? Sometimes they intentionally turn us down. Sometimes they think we feel a certain way, but the reason for their silence is all in their head — and it’s theirs alone. Sometimes they think we’re totally in the know and they think we’re […]