“Do you make that much noise when you’re by yourself?” my daughter asked me as we worked independently in the same room together. Until she’d asked, I wasn’t aware of […]
“I’m looking for a sign,” said my friend. “God has always shown me signs.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks […]
Sometimes, Depression sends a postcard ahead of his visits. On one side, in fat and deceptively friendly script, the words: “Wish you were here!” On the other side, scrawled in his […]
It is not easy for some people, including me, to speak openly about loneliness, so they remain silently lonely for loved ones, friends, the good old days. They keep loneliness […]
Simeon is the most obvious of prophets. Not like, oh Simeon, you’re so brilliant, you’re obviously a prophet! But like, duh, Simeon, it didn’t take a prophet to see that […]
Each January, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Mary Schmich invites her readers to pick a guiding word for the year—an idea that came from a reader named Mae. Mary is clear […]
Being married to a marriage-and-family therapist doesn’t necessarily fix things. It isn’t like my wife Jen has some magical pixie dust to toss into the air. But one of the […]
Had your fill of Christmas carols yet? Are you sated with unholy Muzak versions of “O Holy Night”? Do you wish “O Come, All Ye Faithful” would just go away? […]
As a deeply pale individual, unalloyed sun is a logistical nightmare. Did I remember to put on sunscreen? What about my hat, did I bring the hat? If I’m bringing […]
