I was surfing the internet the other day and, as usual, went to my MySpace page to check on my children’s pages to make sure they were behaving and no one was harassing them about anything. They are fully aware that I do this, we… Read full story

Last evening I was at dinner with my husband and 7 year-old daughter. It is a favorite restaurant of ours - casual, great food and very friendly staff. It is a small place of only about 20 tables. Shortly after we sat down, a table… Read full story

This story happened in 2007 during the snow storm that hit Denver during the holidays. I was working for a manufacturing facility north of Denver as a supervisor, we had decided to shut down the plant due to too much snow which wasn’t going to… Read full story

It was 5am and I was catching an early morning flight from DFW airport. I had been in Dallas for business and coordinated with my wife that I would fly back to New England, make it home by noon for her to drive our son… Read full story

Several years ago, my husband was sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. The night before Thanksgiving, everyone trying to get home or out of town. He was coming up to a freeway exit he passed every day for 5 years and didn’t take. He oddly… Read full story

If you’re like me, then you receive numerous phone calls sponsoring, promoting or collecting. Yes, I am speaking of the dreaded telemarketers. Usually, and not to be stereotypical, they are foreign people who can’t pronounce your last name and you can scarcely understand. These calls… Read full story

Several years ago, I found myself working for a Department of Defense Contractor. I had started out as what we now refer to as a “Legacy Systems” developer but my ability to solve problems took me into software Engineering. Somewhere along the line, I had… Read full story

I won tickets to a Penguins hockey game where I got to ride the zamboni. My mom (like now) helped me write a think you letter to both the team and the people that I won the tickets and ride with. The people for the… Read full story

My parents have been going through some rough times lately. Among those hard times, they’ve been trying to sell their home. They needed to replace a large broken appliance in the process of getting their home ready to be listed. My mom went out one… Read full story

It was Valentine’s Day. Like any other day, all kids (and adults too) love to get a card in the mail. I checked the mail and found there were four cards, two addressed to my daughters, one addressed to my family, and another addressed to… Read full story