Ordinary Miracles

Ordinary Miracles

Harvard. I had to go to Harvard. It was the best. I was going to be on the Supreme Court — or at least a judge! My 6th-grade teacher wrote in my yearbook something about me in the Ivy League. In late middle school, my parents even took me to some swanky Harvard...
What You are Missing

What You are Missing

Have you ever tried to get a child to try something delicious that he has already decided he doesn’t want to eat? “Here, try this.””No. That’s yucky.””How can you say it is yucky? You haven’t tried it.”(Child...
Better Than Brand New

Better Than Brand New

I don’t want to be brand new. I want to be better than brand new. For the last few years, two boards on my deck have become increasingly squishy and rotten. They didn’t look rotten. so I hid their status as long as I could by moving deck furniture to sit...
Redeeming Regret

Redeeming Regret

I regretted the words as soon as they were out of my mouth. Okay, maybe not the words as much as the tone of my voice… if Drill Sargent is a tone….If you had been there you would have seen the two boys sitting on the other boy in the playground area...