One warm day last spring, I found a ladybug in my bathtub. It’s a large, jetted tub, infrequently used but perfect for soaking. Also an unlikely home for a ladybug. How did it get here? And more importantly, how would it get out? A bathtub is not an ideal...
Not long ago at work I was Very Busy. But Not Very Happy. I was waking up bleary-eyed and arriving at work before 5 am, pushing through a whirlwind of a day that continued well into the evening. Outside of work, I was drowning in the deluge of demands of parenting and...
Are you spring cleaning? (Or, like me, maybe thinking about it but not yet doing it?) All that dusting and decluttering and organizing and airing out… It puts a spring in your step, thinking about a fresh start. So, what about your story? Doesn’t it...
I wake up at 2:30 a.m. with a thought. It’s not about all I have to do when my alarm goes off just three hours later (though I do think about that often)… It’s not about whether I left the stove on or the garage door open (though I sometimes obsess...
The beige walls surrounding the small cubicle were the first clue she didn’t belong. But it was Carin Rockind’s first job. She hadn’t yet learned what she needed to know. Everything had fallen into place for the University of Michigan graduate. She had married her...
