The car almost blindsides me. I’m exiting the interstate on the way to my office, having just passed...
Ten months ago today, I crashed. Riding my bike down a steep hill, approaching a highway with cross...
“Are you okay?” I’ve just flown over the handlebars of my bike to avoid being hit by a...
This year, instead of doing Lent, Lent is doing me. In my faith tradition, Lent is the spiritual...
“Fear about the future becomes bravery in the present becomes joy in hindsight. Joy is knowing you can...
The so-called good life is a hollow promise. It’s empty of the things we desire most, like passion,...
Several years ago, when my daughter was five, she played soccer and got kicked in the shin during...
I was accidentally sabotaging my daughter’s dream. For two summers, Caitlin began the season dreaming of riding a...
Tuesday morning. I awake with loud ringing in my right ear. I stick my finger in it. Wiggle...
“Piteously. She hung her little head and whimpered piteously. Spell the word piteously.” For three years, my oldest...
