gun shy
Some of you will recall that, a little over two weeks ago, I took a trip from Boston to North Carolina. By way of quick summary, this involved driving down and flying back. The trip down, which would already have been long at 16 hours, turned into 27+ hours when the car's transmission…
pickles
A brother and sister I know had been having some issues with one another. They had found each other particularly irritating as of late. They argued more. They just weren't communicating. Each of them had dissolved to tears over it one day while I was there, having had yet another blow out the night…
things that suck
Some time back, a roommate of mine came out of his bedroom early one morning, went into the bathroom and soon exited holding a wad of tissue paper to his mouth. He hadn't yet shaved for the day, so it wasn't a razor nick. Had he bitten his tongue in his sleep? I inquired.
He wasn't sure what…
My seventeen-year friendship with Bud and Dib got off to a fast and furious start. The first day I met them, we had lunch. And for the next year or two, I was at their house nearly every night until 2:00 AM. Often, it was more like 3:30. And we had jobs!
Bud would…
You could have the patience of Job. You could be helpful, kind and polite. You could be a good listener. You could be the nicest person in the world. And there are still going to be people you'd rather avoid.
You know what I'm talking about. You're halfway down the aisle at…tell me more
So maybe you're feeling challenged lately to be a better listener – shining the spotlight a bit more on others and a bit less on yourself. Great! But what do you do when other people just aren't the talkative type?
:: cue the crickets ::
Certainly that is the right time to…
grand
I shared with you in a recent post about Brandon, the boy I had taken in for a year-and-a-half when I was just out of college. He was not the only one.
I first met John in a crack house. Lest you pair this information with patchy memories of my cat story and really think I'm shady, I went…
should
While I was away in North Carolina, I smelled like strawberries and some kind of coconut concoction allegedly endorsed by monkeys.
After a mind-twistingly long drive, I was in desperate need of sleep. I hadn't unpacked yet. Couldn't bring myself to. But I knew I wouldn't sleep until I'd had a…