I think my “inner being” is dying. It no longer communicates with me. When this first occurred, I found that it meant big trouble for my physical outer being. It seems that the two are connected; interlaced like a vine through a tree. For simplification,...
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On Memorial Day, we (hopefully) pause to honor those who’ve served our country, in particular, those whose lives were cut short in a visible way. Like returning home in a body bag. Or not at all. Thankfully, most returned home in relatively better shape, scarred...
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Nothing, and I mean nothing in my 20s would have prepared me for 47. Yesterday, I found myself standing in line at the checkout stand behind many clever-looking older hipsters at the Co-op in Davis. I was in work slacks, slick shoes, my hair down,...
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Oh, horror of horrors — the damned test is positive. I neatly lined it up next to the other four tests taken the previous four mornings. They were all identical except for one ever-changing feature: the second line was getting darker. As I let out...
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Whenever I’m asked what I do for a living and say I’m a Pediatric ICU nurse, I get the same response: “lucky baby.” It always stops me in my tracks and I don’t really know how to respond, so I usually say “I guess so.”...
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OK, it’s time for the Come To Jesus talk about the Gulf oil spill. Now, I love Barack Obama, really and truly, but let’s be honest: If this disaster occurred on George W. Bush’s watch, the Liberal Left would be demanding his head on a...
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My daughter, Lauren, loves stories about her escapades when she was little. She’s 26 now, but she still savors each tidbit. My son AJ, 24, couldn’t care less, but I know he’ll get interested when he has his own kids. He’ll want to know what...
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To all my feminist friends, please forgive me… Throughout the 1990s there was a rather cheesy family sitcom by the name of “Home Improvement,” in which the lead character – a father and home maintenance man by the unassuming name of Tim — grunted bellicosely...
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Public education, however idealistic, necessary and misguided in funding, is sick. I don’t mean headache or Midol sick, I mean, ICU, ventilator sick. When education is sick, literacy and the future of our country is sick. It’s a big deal. It’s time to reevaluate how...
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