Loving the Life I Never Wanted

When I was 6 years old, I wanted to grow up and sing like Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.  I loved my khaki plastic record player which played my Dad’s amazing album collection, including the soundtracks for The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady and jazz greats like [...]

New clothes. New backpack. New beginnings.

Today was my 5 year old niece’s first day to school.  She has been talking about going to Kindergarten since Christmas. We were sitting and reading a book when I asked if she was excited about turning 5 in March.  She told me that she was because after she turned five then she could go [...]

Singular Perspective: Blue Christmases

I’ve always loved Christmas.  Everything about it.  Any season that comes with it’s own soundtrack is bound to appeal to someone like me.  I also love that it comes with it’s own scents, like mulled cider, fir trees and cookies baking.  But even though I’m not a strict traditionalist, I love the intentionality of celebration that [...]