Wake up, brain churning, moving toward the to-do list, sucked into its gravitational pull. But the list reeks of scarcity and scrambling. Reset. Gratitude isn’t cosmic & significant this morning. It’s dog videos and raisin toast and the kid in her unicorn shirt--looking the perfect combination of the baby she was & the grown person... Continue Reading →
It’s funny, the stories I will tell myself sometimes…
A few years ago, in the middle of the most heated, long-simmering, agonizing public situation I’ve ever been party to, a woman lobbed this doozy at me: You aren’t God, you know. My initial response skewed heavy toward the snark (in my own head… or more accurately, much later in the shower—which is where I... Continue Reading →
Late Sunday afternoon, one of my favorite customers popped into the bookstore to grab a book she'd put on hold. She's one of those people who radiates down-to-earth, good energy. She's a joy to be around. In fact, when I'm around her, I feel like I belong. That's a pretty radical, earth-shifting gift: to make... Continue Reading →
