Maybe you can relate. And if not, please humor me.
"Like Marie Curie discovered radium, like Jonas Salk discovered the polio vaccine, today, after a year of loading and unloading provisions in the dark...I just discovered there IS, IN FACT, a light in the cargo area of my CRV. I assume my "International Medal of Brilliant Awesomeness" is already in the mail."I posted the above… Continue reading Adults Have It Easy…And Other Dumb Assumptions
I never went to summer camp as a kid. When I was young, I played outdoors all summer long, all day, every day, with the kids on my block. When I was older, I played organized sports all summer long. Summer camp was my idea of a hazy, unknown, sleep-away nightmare. Certain to be nothing… Continue reading My Definition Of Summer Camp
I often find myself so overwhelmed by the beauty of something I feel like I might actually explode. I used to figure this was probably weird until I read a passage in an outstanding book about introverts that referred to a subset of people who are also "highly sensitive". It said, "...you're more apt than the… Continue reading Capture This Moment With Your Mind’s Eye Not Your Camera’s
The zoo, the museum, the gardens. Last summer she guided me on adventure after adventure to places I had never been before. I'd become reliant on my phone's navigation to find the best way to get me where I was going. I suppose it was only a matter of time before she let me down.… Continue reading If You’re Going To Blindly Follow Your GPS, At Least Enjoy The Scenery
If you could see into your future, would you? If someone handed you a crystal ball right now, is that knowledge you'd want? I mean, maybe I'd like to know if I should buy these jeans today or if they're going on sale next week, but would I really want to know what my life… Continue reading Take Your Crystal Ball And Shove It
Shannon Leaders 