Month: October 2018

Our fall break cruise charged extra for WiFi. They also charged extra for inner tubes, popcorn, mandatory activity bracelets, water, and mango smoothies – but I digress. Back to the point of this column before I get all annoyed and snarky. The point is that I wasn’t interested in paying for WiFi and thus took… Continue reading Unplugged (Much Overdue)

It’s never too late to learn new things about yourself. For example, last week I learned that I am not a big fan of large-scale cruise ships. For fall break, my parents and I embarked with my children on a four-day cruise to the Bahamas: six intrepid explorers, ready for adventure on the high seas.… Continue reading Lessons from the Cruise Ship

Sometimes the world seems overwhelmingly dark. These past couple weeks have been rough as the supreme court nomination process somehow turned into a referendum on whether to believe survivors of sexual assault. Just when I think we’re making some progress as a society, I am forcibly reminded of how far we have to go. “She… Continue reading Surviving This Crazy World through Small Acts of Kindness