It’s always an adventure when we get IKEA furniture. There’s something terrifying about opening the box wherein our new furniture lies, only to find millions of seemingly random pieces falling out. I want to sit on our Stüpgørn, but all it looks like at first is a bunch of shiny particle board and random screws. […]
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Do you remember some of the crazy things you did when you fell in love with your spouse? • Marathon conversations on the phone (landline or cell!) at ridiculous hours of the night… • Romantic gifts of chocolate, flowers and cards dripping with mushy sentimentality….• Romantic getaways to fun places…. • Four-hour drives to take […]
Do you, like me, have a list of issues that not only do you hope are not brought up at family gatherings but that you hope you don’t have to deal with personally? Obviously I don’t shy away from religious conversations, but… political ones?… not my favorite. Especially issues of race. I spent most of […]
What do you think when you hear the word, “Muslim?” Perhaps the horrific images from Paris or San Bernadino come to mind. Or the unrest in Israel. Perhaps the videos of an angry Mullah or of Isis fighters beheading Christians on a beach. I understand. This is a year when these unsettling images have dominated […]
Happy New Year, Chapel Hill! When I was living in Spokane, WA, I had a love-hate relationship with January. I loved that the calendar was new and blank, waiting to be filled with plans and adventures. I hated that Christmas was over, that the snow no longer seemed magical—it’s just what we were left with until spring […]