The phone had been silent for several days and Shannon began to worry. Silence usually meant something was going on that her daughter didn’t want her to know about. Silence meant whatever was happening was something that her daughter knew she wouldn’t approve of. Silence meant this chasm would widen, the earth would give way, […]
Melanie lay across the university lawn excited yet tentative. She couldn’t wait until finals were over…one more to go and she would be finished with the semester. Yet she wasn’t ready to leave the university. She loved the comradery of being with the other kids not to mention the independence of doing what she wanted […]
My world is spinning in marriage as of late. Not my own marriage, but difficult marriages. About eight months ago my husband told me he had been looking into getting some training to help men in difficult marriage situations. It seems that his work world was being ravaged by men who were on the brink […]
Snuggling with my husband on the couch last night, we were looking forward to an evening without the kids. It had been virtually months since we had watched a good movie and Mom’s Night Out (2014) had been recommended by several friends. Being several years removed from the exhaustion of small kids under foot and the […]
Last week I encountered a bazaar conversation that made me wonder who had trained the receptionist I was talking with on the phone. It was really quite a simple request. The conversation went something like this. “I’d like to make a follow-up appointment for my son on Wednesday, December 17,” I stated in a matter […]
Olivia stood in disbelief at the kitchen sink watching 14 year old Emily interact with her 13 year old brother. Typically they were pretty good friends, but something was wrong, terribly wrong. She had seen them walk out back together as they got off the bus. As backpacks landed on the deck, they had climbed […]