Lead by example and let them follow. Before long, they’ll surprise even you.

Last night, YaYa crawled into bed beside me.  My computer was busy downloading The Time Traveler’s Wife as I tidied up a few entries.  YaYa asked me to read my post from March 21st, 2007.  There are two: one before death, and one after.  After I finished, he asked me to read the post from [...]

After an exceptionally windy night, the sidewalks and streets have been littered by these little balls. Beware! They’ll quickly put an end to a good run.

I stopped by to see my friend, C’ile today.  The two of us had a real heart-to-heart on losing loved ones, and the finding the courage to love again. We compared notes on misdiagnoses and fighting for treatment, on unanswered questions and unresolved anger. We talked about the awkwardness of the first kisses and the [...]