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The Dream Was Over … and It Broke My Heart

A few weeks before Christmas my 8-year old daughter went through a crisis of faith. This season, the talk amongst her 3rd grade classmates was that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. And so, my sweet, trusting, magical daughter came home one day with worry on her face and, by bedtime, tears in her eyes. She was […]

Feelin’ Kinda Loopy

  S  What do you think of when you hear the word “loop”?  To be honest, the first thing I think of is a loopty–loop roller coaster.  That, in turn, brings back the terror-filled, childhood memory (TAPTAPTAP) of Hershey Park and being trapped on the brand-new, cutting edge (at the time) Lightening Loops.  I was- […]

Mythbustin’

Mythbustin’ “I reject your reality and substitute my own!”  I always laughed when ‘mad scientist’ Adam of Mythbusters made that comment in the opening credits.  But recently his words echoed in my ears when I realized how poignant (have I ever used that word before?) they are.  Although I have a pretty open-minded circle of […]