She is surprisingly strong for a little woman. The dentist has her entire fist in my mouth. She is vigorously pushing down on every crowned tooth, checking for integrity. Integrity has never been my strong suit. So, too, with my mouth full of expensive dental work. An old permanent...
Clearly, I had calendar issues: Valentine’s Day is for conceiving children, not giving birth to them. What was it about flirtation, fine dining and candlelight that I didn’t get? I suppose I’d got all those romantic trappings nine months earlier. There’s that. Interesting word choice, “trappings.” I...
My fingers are still stained red from the frosting I made last weekend. I carry indelible guilt, a scarlet V for Vanity. Anything pricey must be good, yes? Fancy gel food coloring did this to me, expensive stuff from the cake-decorating aisle at a specialty store. I plan to...
It wasn’t until I was in my forties that I ever even got a ticket. OK, there was one parking violation at college, but I paid it off quickly and put it behind me. It was a youthful indiscretion. The parking spot was asking for it, sitting there all...
Why is it that God can’t be bothered dispensing justice where it’s desperately needed – the sort of thunderbolt zapping you’d love to see visited upon any number of vile scumbags – but He’s there at my elbow to punish me whenever I try to cut a few corners?...