Around 4:00 AM on a recent weekday morning, I heard a loud thud on our front door that jolted me awake. Within a few seconds I realized it wasn’t an intruder, but some sort of weather system was rolling in and the large wooden letter “S” that hangs on our front door was banging around…
I’m going to need to recover from this past year of pandemic life. Sure, I learned to appreciate long walks, outings to the park, and eating more meals at home. I even cleaned out some closets and learned to play a little bit of jazz piano last spring. But I’ve also learned I have an…
In some ways I feel like I’ve been in a low-grade bad mood since last March, and winter isn’t helping. Maybe I’m not the only one? Of course I relish moments of joy and lightheartedness here and there every week. But even my children have noticed that I don’t smile or laugh as easily lately….
Last week I went to a consultation with a nurse at a vein clinic. When I had three children in a span of 4.5 years, the veins in my legs staged a revolt. Unlike the spider veins my grandmothers had, I developed more bulging varicose veins that I keep trying to ignore. But they swell…