If you are a human of a certain age, you probably heard the phrase, “Don’t cry, or I’ll give you something to cry about” at some point in your childhood. Maybe you dropped your ice-cream cone on the ground, or your sibling got something that you wanted, and you burst...
Last month many schools celebrated No Name-Calling Week, an event created in 2004 to fight bullying and name-calling in kids from pre-school to high school. As I thought about anti-bullying, and not calling names, I started thinking about how we as adults have a...
Winter in Chicago can be dreary as hell. Not only are the days at their shortest right now, but so many days are cloudy, bleak and overcast. I’m bumming myself out just writing about it. In fact, the only time that the sun seems to shine brightly is when the...
The other day I was watching tv, my BFF [Best Furry Feline] by my side. Her name is Muffin, and one of my favorite things about her is that she lives her life without any guilt. None. She doesn’t feel guilty for sitting on the sofa with me watching television. She...
