Pint Night Recap
My stomach leapt into my chest when we pulled up outside the brewery. After such a good turn out last year, you’d think I wouldn’t be nervous...
Szczing Cancer
I knew something was wrong when he emerged from the other end of the concourse, not smiling. I waited for him outside the door of the family room...
Our Snow Day with Don Corleone
I woke up early Thursday morning to the beating of wind gusts against our bedroom window. Before we went to sleep, the last we heard from the...
Bring It On
I woke up this morning the same as any other. The steam from the shower slipped slowly beneath the bathroom door in a warm cloud over the bed,...
A Golden State of Mind
I stood on a blanket of grainy sand on the edge of a cliff before a vast gray horizon and slowly shut my eyes. For the first time in three weeks,...
A Farewell to Chicago, Hello San Diego
I heard stories after the Cubs won the World Series. Stories before we even left Chicago for the off-season. Magical stories of families,...
From Us to You, Thank You, Thank You
They remind me in so many ways of each other. I often wonder how two little girls on two opposite sides of the world have so much in common. I...
The Tour of Champions
I awoke from an easy slumber when I heard the pilot come over the intercom and announce the possibility of snow upon touchdown. My second time...
The Beauty of the Journey
Growing up the only girl and also the middle child stuck between two older and two younger brothers, I always felt a sense of responsibility for...
The Relentless Pursuit
He can hear the wailing of the horn again, but he can’t seem to tell if he’s awake or asleep, stuck somewhere between his dreams and reality. The...