What if you run a stop sign, or maybe even run into a stop sign?
I was driving in upstate New York a month ago with my wife and adult kid, on our way to visit a waterfall. It was a hilly area and the county roads twisted and bent. Unlike in the midwest, few of the intersections were at right angles. There weren’t a lot of towns, houses or … Read more
Can you forgive the dumb things you did as a kid?
I went bowling for the first time in long while the other day. It was fine as far as bowling goes, but there was an incident with the group bowling next to us. They were four college-age young men, and they were kind of jerks about one of the bowling protocols. The bowling protocols are … Read more
When Hide and Seek Turns Into Crash and Burn
When I was little, like four years old little, I liked to hide from my mom and crawl under things. That’s probably a not-so-unusual thing for a dumb little kid to do. But hiding from your mother can have consequences. One day, Mom took me on a shopping excursion to a department store. Her mother-in-law … Read more
Do You Have a Magical Tool Helping You Live Your Best Life?
My friend Wayne and I were bumming around the park behind my house one day and he found a black, leather glove. We were four at the time and the glove was kid-sized, meaning we could wear it. I immediately developed an obsessive lust for that glove. I had to have it. It was just … Read more