Month: July 2017

I. Scene: It's 2006.  19-year-old me behind the register at a local pharmacy.  My summer job until I return to school for my sophomore year.  A woman comes into the store and starts perusing the aisles in a peculiar, suspicious manner.  My supervisor -- a petite, blonde girl, who is maybe a year older than… Continue reading Meek, Strong, Big, Small – A Story of Strength in 7 Snippets →

I've been blessed in my adult life with people who are primed to dive deep into the waters of the human condition -- from all walks of life, these incredible people who are willing to admit we don't have as much knowledge or control over who we are as we'd like to think we do,… Continue reading Type Four →

I can't do beach vacations. At least, not the type where you lay in a lounge chair all day (to quote Bill Engvall: "With a mai tai in hand, and keep them coming until I fall over.") To paraphrase Eddie Izzard, I'm a running, jumping, climbing trees type of person -- even when the location… Continue reading Urgency  →