These Exact Places

These Exact Places

I’m sitting in one of my places, Starbucks on Talmadge. I sit at a round table to the left of the door and I pull up another round table when it’s not crowded because I need room to spread out my work. The Talmadge Starbucks is one of my places; I’ve...
Seeing Yourself the Way Others See You

Seeing Yourself the Way Others See You

Quick, tell me. How do you see yourself? Do you look at yourself with critical eyes, noticing shortcomings, failures, and missteps? Do you focus on the not-good-enoughs? Or, do you see yourself with kind eyes? Do you focus on your best qualities and accomplishments?...
God and Grandma

God and Grandma

On our way home from driving the other girls to school, my daughter Maggie likes to talk. The drive to school is noisy. Sometimes it’s all bickering and whining. Other times the older girls sing or tell the same joke repeatedly. Maggie, usually still sleepy,...