I am not good with rhetorical questions. I feel the need to answer them. Lucky for me, I have a captive audience on the web (Hi, mom and dad!) to read my answers to the rhetorical questions my professors leave as comments in my papers.
Several weeks ago I had a writing assignment for one of [...]

My immediate family is currently in Lawrence, Kansas to celebrate Thanksgiving, and even more importantly, meet the newest member of the family–my one-month-old nephew, Cooper. We have been having a wonderful week. We are relaxing and helping my brother’s family when we can. One of the ways I decided I could help was by grocery [...]

A friend of mine I’m trying to bring over to the dark side of quilting (she’s my crochet buddy), asked me an interesting question the other day. It’s taken me a few days to answer it. Okay, actually, it’s probably been a few weeks. I’ve really struggled with my answer. Before I start babbling out [...]

I recently started a new semester at UMass Boston. I’m officially a senior, even though it is going to take me four more semesters to finish my degree. I’ve been a college student off and on for thirteen years now, and I have to admit, being a student is losing its novelty. So, when I [...]

How many times in life do we wish we could just say, “I call a do-over!”? Poof! Time goes back, and we can do whatever we messed up all over again, and get it right this time. I wish this at least once a day. I think it is one of the reasons I love [...]