A new perspective

One of the areas that Jack and I had the most conflict around was money. It seemed like every time we got into an argument, each of us was trying to convince the other how much we did and how underappreciated we felt. These arguments usually began as fairly reasonable discussions but soon deteriorated into,…

No trouble here

The other day, my brother told me that my mother wanted to ask me a question but was afraid to, so he was posing the question to me as an intermediary. As I read his email my mind began to say, "What does he mean by that?"....I started to take offence. And then I paused,…

Having fun, changing my focus

I was visiting my mother the other day and she needed to go to the mall to return a lawn chair. She didn't seem to have the slip but assured me,  "It is easy to do returns at Target. They are very nice." My mother returns a lot of stuff. She gets bored, shops, and…