“Oh shoot! No WiFi in this area either!” I had signed in to the free Internet at the Los Angeles airport. However, the signal was so weak in most gate areas that it was of no use. We had a long delay ahead of us, and I was tired of searching for a signal. Nevertheless I stood up with phone in hand to walk out into the main corridor. And then I saw her. She had a bright orange vest with two words boldly printed on the back: ASK ME There were several people surrounding her, and

“So do you think they should have traded him or just let him run out his contract?” “I don’t know. I don’t care for their manager. He never seems to have the best interests of the team in mind when he makes those trades.” “I know. I wish we could just get some solid hitters for a change.” (Long pause….) “So, Mom… what do you think?” Dinner conversation around the table usually involves my sons and husband doing all of the talking and me doing all of the listening. Unless my d

“Another ‘F’? That’s the third quiz I’ve failed! I can’t fail Shakespeare in my final semester!” But the professor’s warning sounded loud and clear in my head: “If you fail the quizzes, you will fail the class.” There was nothing more I could do but throw myself at his mercy. That afternoon in his office I assured this formidable gentleman whose expertise in Shakespeare was renown that I had not failed to read every one of the plays he had assigned… even two or three times! B

"If you call me at the restaurant and you don't hear anything when someone picks up the phone, just start talking. It's me." When I was a student in clinical voice disorders, my client stuttered. His greatest fear was saying his own name. Imagine that! Unfortunately for him, his father had the same first name, and it was the first word in the name of the family business. Every time he answered the phone in the restaurant, he froze. Poor Tony! Afraid of his own name! Our God i

Unknown Caller. Unknown Number. Well, let’s see who this might be. “Who’s calling please?” I asked. “I need to speak right away with the person who owns the computer in your house.” “Who’s calling please?” I asked again. “And why do you want that person?” “We had a report of a virus on your software.” “Well that’s strange since that computer is no longer in operation and I have a MacBook.” Click. End of conversation. I never did find out exactly who was calling, but it was ob