It was one of those days.   You know, the kind where the kids wake up too early – stuck at home because everyone has snotty noses- in bad moods – and it’s dreary outside.   The kind of day where nothing goes right.   I hadn’t had one of those days in a while.…

I was walking in South Chicago to my internship at a book publishing company when a police car pulled up beside me.   “Miss, are you lost?” The officer called out.   If only he knew the irony of that question. I had felt lost all summer.  Directionally – Emotionally – Mentally.   “No, I’m…

Historic Steps, Use At Own Risk.   This was the sign we saw AFTER we climbed up what seemed like 100 STEEP steps. “Great, that would’ve been nice to know BEFORE we made the climb.”  I thought to myself. After looking up the history of these steps in Savannah’s River Street, I learned locals call…

“I don’t want to practice anymore.” My son had just got hit in the head by the soccer ball and I could tell it hurt. A few seasons ago he took a bad hit to the head, and since then he has been scared it would happen again. Today, at practice, his fear came true.…

Summer has ended and fall is officially here! At least that’s what the calendar says.   If you are in the south, you know fall doesn’t really ever arrive. Sure, we do our best to make it happen. We buy the pumpkins, drink pumpkin spice lates, wear sweaters when temperatures drop to 80 degrees, and…

“Flight Attendants, prepare for take-off.”   I was flying back home from a work trip in North Carolina. Legs crossed, faintly hearing how to use an oxygen mask, I start praying I get home safely. The airplane noise sounded just like the white noise I sleep with. Strange how the same noise that can calm…