This Is Us…Or Should Be

Confession: I have never watched the popular TV series “This Is Us,” which ran for nearly six years. Many of my friends never missed an episode, but me? Nope. Never watched it. I was thinking about that phrase yesterday–this is us–as my...

The Necessity for a Timeout for a Relationship

A broken fish sculpture with an intact heart I recently broke a sweet pastel painted fish one of my sons made years ago. I’ve always been careful when I dust because I have so many little works of art sitting around, created by noted artists and by my sons. As I...