On a busy Friday afternoon at O'hare Airport, my sister Kathy and I joined a gathering crowd at a south facing window. Soon Terminal Five shut down almost completely and we all -- gate agents, pilots, passengers and hospitality workers stood quietly and observed. Fire trucks gathered on the tarmac below and, in front of [...]
Category: Holidays
Dear 2018
Dear 2018, We're ready for you. We changed the sheets, fluffed up the down comforter and left a mint on the pillow and a lavender difffuser on the bed stand for you. You're going to be busy, 2018, and we want you relaxed and well rested. We're expecting a lot from you, but we're willing [...]
God bless us, everyone
It is Christmas morning and I am sipping tea at a dining room table that is still dressed for last night's dinner. My bandaged left finger throbs a little from another slice, and two of the Christmas presents I ordered remain lost in some Amazonian Galaxy far, far away. My Christmas cobbler did not impress, [...]
God bless the travelers
I’m pretty sure I know exactly how Balthazar's mother felt when he packed up his frankincense and headed west for the holidays. She probably watched him mosey off with his over-packed camel and wished hard on the star he followed, for good weather, kind strangers and swift passage home. In the more than 2,000 years [...]
You are beautiful, America
I took a slower than I intended jog yesterday and thought about how much we have to celebrate in this great country of ours. The air felt perfectly warm and the luxurious post-surprise-homemade-banana-pancakes-with-fresh-strawberries timing of my run made me grateful for the season that produced the berries, the holiday that allowed me to savor the [...]