One of my favorite quotes from a book reads, “it does not to do dwell on dreams and forget to live.” Lately, I confess, I’ve been dwelling on dreams. I try so hard to live in the now, as it were, but I feel as though I’m failing entirely. With my dissertation safely in the [...]
My parents came for a visit this weekend and it was so wonderful to see them. I’ve written before about how hard it is to be so very far away from home, but what has surprised me even more is that this hasn’t gotten easier despite the fact that we’ve been in Florida for seven [...]
Editor’s note: Every now and again I fall into the Pit of Despair. I think we all have these black moments. They don’t last long for me, really, nor do they happen very often. (And I want to emphasize that point, lest I start getting concerned phone calls.) But here’s what goes through my mind [...]