Bleeding Blue Facebook Blood

When unfair accusations are spewed across the universe of social media, I long to hit back, to defend myself and others emphatically in that very public forum. And isn’t this our normal, human reaction? To hit back? To defend? To respond to anger in kind?...

The Beauty of Silence

We had a power outage last week that lasted just under an hour. It was evening, and in a split second, lights, video games, music, and all other noise came to a screeching halt. I knew my eleven-year-old would be startled, at the least. So I grabbed my phone and slid...

Stormy Weather

When the weatherman on the nightly news predicts stormy weather, we have an idea of what to expect. Although we may not know the exact timing, meteorologists are likely to give us a good idea of a storm’s intensity and when it will hit. Unless, of course, we choose...

Lesson From A Teacup

It’s exquisite, really. I sit here sipping from a green-and-gold antique teacup that has intricate mother-of-pearl inlaid on both the cup and saucer. The tea itself is amazing as well: loose-leaf Moon over Madagascar, a black tea with subtle overtures of vanilla. I...