Living Life as a Miracle: My Lazarus Dad

Living Life as a Miracle: My Lazarus Dad

There are few words that can tilt your world faster than “You’re fired.” Unless it’s “Your dad’s in a coma and not expected to live.” Two conversational clips that I heard within an hour seven years ago. St. Patty’s...
Reunion

Reunion

 Hi PJ, I wanted you to know that I just finished your book and enjoyed it very much. You always had such fun with words and this was still was very evident in Stashes. There was a combination of complexity and playfulness that reminded me of the Patti I used to know....
If You Give a Writer a Pen…

If You Give a Writer a Pen…

In my pediatric speech-language pathology practice, children’s literature was an integral therapy tool. Its use validated the spoken words’ link to reading and fostered parent follow-through at home. So, I know a thing or two about famous children’s...
Sincerely Yours

Sincerely Yours

Dear Diet, Let’s break up. I didn’t lose the doc’s recommended ten pounds last year. Instead I’ve added three more since New Year’s. It’s a weighty matter – I give up. I’ll lose weight when I quit you. After all...
Eight Days a Week

Eight Days a Week

Baby Boomer that I am – spending miserly, shopping for deals – at Sam’s I am not. Bill Engdahl enthusiast that I am, often smugly saying “here’s your sign” to some idiot. The sign pictured is not on a Wal-Mart wall, the box store...