CONNECTIONS

Everyone wants to get somewhere  – in love, in life, at work. On the weekends, the cashier at my local grocery store tells me that soon...

Life isn’t easy. We all say it, but I’d never fully appreciated the weight of it until a recent conversation with a friend. After years...

“What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.      Create anyway. The good you do today will often be forgotten.    ...

A dear friend contacted me recently, out of her mind with frustration. It seems her employer had just derailed her pet project again,...

We all know someone who can’t seem to get out of his/her own way: a neighbor who, despite admirable intelligence and a zest for life,...

I come from a long line of performers. In addition to winning adult Charleston contests at 12 years old, my grandmother often entertained...

On a Friday night about six months ago, I was engaged in my usual routine. It was close to midnight and I was hunched over my computer...

In the early 1900’s an aspiring cartoonist was fired from his job at the The Kansas City Star. According to his editor, he “lacked...

I want it. My daughter wants it. My closest friends want it, and I’d bet my life on the fact that you do too. There are classes on how to...

As a child I admired my grandfather deeply. A smart, respected computer department manager in a local company, he was well-liked, not...

When I was a child, I was taught that prayers should begin with a statement of gratitude. So at night before going to bed, I’d search my...

There will always be someone with more than you: someone who is better than you are at a skill you’re passionate about, who is better...

A few days ago, my daughter was listening to music. Passing by her room, I stopped dead in my tracks at the sound of some comforting...

When Teresa Thaman heard how bad the storm was going to be, she, her daughter and her husband closed themselves in their bathroom and hid...

For a long time I’ve had two identities. Most days I’m a working mom: reliable, responsible and professional. I go to work, pay the...

Many of us live our lives as if there will always be plenty of time: time to go back to school, time to pick up a passion that was put...

In the 1970’s a folk artist from Detroit penned and recorded some of the most poignant songs of our time. An edgy brand of inner-city...

Just two weeks ago, the world watched in awe as Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Key West, in shark-infested water...

Though it might feel like it, getting your child ready to leave the nest doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a slow tipping of the scales, a...

Ask any number of people to summarize their childhood, and you’ll hear a variety of descriptions. Our childhoods are laced with humor and...