I'm a hard-to-fit size. A little too tall, a little too little on my backside, a little too much in my tummy. Whenever I go shopping I am disappointed. I feel hopeless in a fitting room. Nothing looks right, nothing fits right. To avoid the shame, … [Read more...]

I did something incredibly stupid. I bought something I never should have bought. But instead of cutting my losses I went all in. Here’s my story. It all started one fine fall day when I had a craving for my favorite sandwich from a cute as heck … [Read more...]

“I’m basking in the afterglow.” He said. “What are you thinking about?” I asked. “Nothing.” He replied. “That’s what it means to be basking in the afterglow.” After 32 years of marriage Jeffrey could still make me chuckle. God blessed me … [Read more...]

She wakes up tired every day; life is taking its toll. She is critical of everything. Most of her communications with others has sunk to the depths of negativity. Criticizing has become a way of life for her. This tragic young woman could not … [Read more...]

It happened in a tiny village a very long time ago, when everyone knew their neighbors, where streets were few and all hearts turned to God. There were two visitors on that one magnificent autumn day in the small town. They arrived separately, … [Read more...]

He stood in the long hallway halfway to my apartment, in front of his front door. Ralph was taking out his keys, getting ready to enter his unit. I walked out of the elevator, saw my neighbor and said “Hi.” That’s all it took for me and Ralph to … [Read more...]

His heart was broken. Phil was devastated when Lucy told him “I don’t think we’re a good fit.” Not a good fit? Phil and Lucy shared the same interests, they came from similar backgrounds, people even told them they looked alike. Phil … [Read more...]

It was a dark and stormy night. No, really. It was 5:00 pm in early December and the heavens opened. The good Lord released one heck of a rainstorm that turned into hail before it turned back into rain again. Yet, it was calm in my heart.  I was … [Read more...]

It was a hot and sticky summer night twelve years ago. Kelly’s 30th high school reunion. She took one last look in the mirror and thought, “Not bad, for an old broad.” Then she laughed at herself. “Where did that expression come from? It’s 2007, not … [Read more...]

Divorce isn’t easy under the best of circumstances. And for both Larry and Karen the circumstances were probably as good as it gets. Larry was forty when he and his wife Ellen split up. It wasn’t a good marriage from the get-go. They were too … [Read more...]