We all remember the childhood game known as “Duck, Duck, Goose”. Though designed to be innocent fun, it sometimes came with the slight feeling of anxiety as you sat cross-legged in a circle waiting to see who would be picked to be the “goose.” Depending on who was doing the selecting, you could often predict who would ...
“I drowned, Nana” That is how my four year old recounted her first swimming lesson while on the phone with her grandmother. True, there was a minor “incident” in which she went under water for a good minute, 30 secs, okay….15 secs maybe and the instructor had to pull her up. Immediately following the incident, ...
Over three years ago, my husband and I found ourselves homeless for about 4 days. Not the kind of homeless that is destitute and hungry with no shelter (God cover those who are), but “home less” in a sense that we had no official place to live. We were blessed to be on the whirlwind ...