I have some big news and you are the first to find out. I haven’t even broken it to Mike, the boys, or the CVC. They’re all going to be so surprised. I’m moving to Laurel, Mississippi. I know, it’s going to be quite a culture shock. I’ve really spent no time at all in [...]
It’s the end of a decade. Isn’t that amazing? I am not in the camp that says 2021 is actually the beginning of another decade so don’t lecture me. I prefer the round numbers of 10 and 20. In 2020, Mike and I will have been married for 20 years. Nick will celebrate his 15th [...]
I’ve written past columns about civility, divisiveness, throwing babies out with bathwater, and the pure vitriol being spewed about all things political. On this weekend before Thanksgiving, I decided the time was right to offer some strategies to possibly save family unity, preserve everyone’s sanity, keep the gravy from curdling, and the food from flying. [...]
Dear Readers, today’s Word of the Day is unique. Or as my mom would pronounce it, you-nih-kew. Unique, no matter how you choose to pronounce it, is defined as being the only one of its kind, not like anything else. We all have that relative who can only be described as unique (looking at you, [...]
From my earliest memories, I’ve wanted to read. At a very young age, I remember standing with my mom at Mass and trying to equate the words everyone was speaking around me with the words printed in the missalette. Dick and Jane books were my first triumphs and from there I was off and running. [...]
My, how time flies. I just returned from a trip home and was stunned that it’s been nearly 14 months since my dad had his stroke. After spending some time marveling over what seems like a miraculous recovery, I thought more about time and its elasticity. It’s been over seven years since my mom died. [...]
I am a proud graduate of the Leadership Sheridan County (LSC) Class of 2018, the 25th class, and clearly the best. Part of being in LSC is making the commitment to be involved with one of the modules for the next class. You and a couple of classmates are assigned a month and in charge [...]
I’ve had a rather huge week. I was nominated for the Chamber’s Spirit of Sheridan award a few months ago and, glorious luck, I won! It was so completely unexpected that I didn’t even invite my husband to the luncheon. I barely mentioned it in passing other than to tell my family that I was [...]
I’m proud and deeply grateful to live in a democracy. It’s a privilege and most times a pleasure. That is, until the political season. Then it’s a hideous slog through vitriol flung from all sides until election day. I don’t listen to talk radio (I don’t count NPR as talk radio), I don’t watch national [...]
I was casting about for a subject for today’s column when, in a fit of procrastination, I decided to clean out my email inbox. It didn’t really need it but it kept me from writing this column. Whatever it takes. In my cleansing, I came across some TED Talks I had saved from a year [...]
