Winds of Lindy

The slogan KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON appeared on a motivational poster in war times more than 70 years ago. Lately it has popped up as a widely...

I just had my 20 year grad reunion. (I know, I know, hard to believe.) I'll tell you, I was pleased as punch it wasn't in 2013. Only...

It's a new year. A time when people pertinaciously attempt those changes that they've pondered making... again. A time when the scal...

My daughter refuses to go barefoot. Not even for a minute. She wants to wear socks to bed. She begs to keep them on in the shower. She pani...

Now  said to  Then , "Don't worry. It will change. Really."  Now  knew how utterly impossible those words sounded.  Now  remem...

"Why, mommy?" "Because I told you so!" It is the easiest answer in frustration. It is the quickest answer when busy. It ...

Everyone handles stress in their own way. We can try to understand someone else and how they cope. But we can't fully empathize because ...

Often we have a set of tasks we decisively set on completing.  A list of things we need to have done. And this is good. Lists are good. Goal...

As the freckles start to dot the bridge of my daughter's adorable nose I see more of myself in her face. (Well, somewhat, as I don't...

I was tested, surprised, shocked, stretched to my limit the moment I became a mother. I quickly learned how free my time had been previously...