Four new baby chicks will be coming to the farm this spring. By the end of the summer, these new girls should be laying eggs alongside...

Sometimes, I really don’t know which way to look. When Aaron was a baby, he had medical issues that affected everything he did. We...

I was a three year old ballerina. My sister, at five, could steal any show. She danced with confidence and grace. I did not inherit...

As it turned out, they couldn’t fix the windshield that day. They did not have the right parts. My friend came for a visit yesterday. ...

This Christmas season, there has been so much good. As I stare at the beautiful plate of sugary goodness: peppermint bark, frosted...

The lagoon has always been one of my favorite spots.  I have been to breathtaking European gardens and tropical sandy beaches, but...

My own words played incessantly in my head: so many years, so many services and specialists, twenty medications, and no answers. I...

I don’t know what to do.  Anything can trigger a rush of emotion.  Something did not go his way.  His best driver was not going to win...

The chickens have been helpful. They are doing their part to prepare my modest plot for winter. There has been so much to learn this...

She wanted to know what she should bake; she was taking suggestions via Facebook.  My friend Chrissy is a self-proclaimed therapeutic...

What she said must have been true, or I might have remained a captive audience. As my attention turned elsewhere, my thoughts rotated...

The eventuality of the last game of the regular baseball season stirs me at a primal level, to some sort of overwhelming sadness, knowing...

Somehow, I felt better sending the little chicken with Sam. He’s gone for three months, half a day away by airplane. He must be having...

Aaron, not to be outdone by his brother, looked up at me and offered this: “I will still think about you when you are dead.” That’s good...

We know that people with autism are often in a state of sensory overload. Experiences are more intense: louder, scarier, more...