Flexing Our Flexibility

As a fan of the sitcom, Friends, I have a handful of favorite, and often iconic, episodes whose scenes stick with me and whose turns of phrases I sometimes utter without even really thinking about it. You may be familiar with them, too; Joey doesn’t share food! (this...

When the World Tilts

Sometimes, despite my best efforts and despite all my planning, things still have a way of going awry and in those moments it can feel like the world has shifted from its expected and anticipated normalcy. You see, I am someone who likes to believe I have greater...

Insight & Wisdom

When I was in my mid- to late-twenties, I drove from Connecticut to Maine to visit a college friend. Given that I am in my 50s, there were no cell phones and so there were no map apps by which to navigate to my destination. Because I’d never been to her place before,...

Out of Thin Air

One of my favorite parts of Facebook is clicking on the Memories heading and scrolling, through the years, a scroll along memory lane, if you will. This exercise of looking back and recalling days gone by is also something my teenagers enjoy alongside me; they take...

We’re All In

Many years ago I lived in Boston. I had an awesome one bedroom apartment right near the Prudential Center with a T-stop right on the corner where I lived. I could walk everywhere and I loved it. One of my favorite places to go was the Public Gardens because it was a...