Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 3/16/08
The nature of the human condition beckons for us to answer the question, “who are you?” with specificity and permanence.
Like many, I have long believed having a pure and straightforward explanation of who I am—which I could then place in a neatly labeled box—would provide me with a sustainable peace, […]

Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 3/9/08
I was finally getting around to the last box. Our house was otherwise settled into from the cross-country move to Colorado. I expected to find nothing of importance, as whatever was in this particular box had been lived without for nearly a year.
At the bottom was my old, distressed baby […]

Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 3/2/08
It’s hard to tell which is the culprit–the dark, indoor days of winter, the long work hours of her husband’s busy season, or the hormonal shifts of her third pregnancy. […]

Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 2/24/08
It was a day like any other, a cool breeze, the morning sun shining on the top of the car beckoning me to get in and savor the last few minutes of freedom before pulling into the office parking lot. And as I backed out of the driveway that […]