Denial and Obsession
The other day my kids discovered this massive spider sitting outside on a cooler we had used the day before. It was huge. It had a...
Sorry
The other day we had company coming over. It’s winter in Chicago, so of course, there’s weather. It was cold and damp and our driveway...
Expectations
When I was younger I had a lot of ideas about what it would be like to be a grown up. I imagined what marriage would be like, what my...
Tough and Tender
Years ago I watched my sister run the Chicago marathon. It was October, but it was ridiculously, dangerously hot. It was so hot that...
