RESTORING THE JOY

“Look, Mom! Look what I got in my Happy Meal from McDonald’s! Seeds! Radish seeds! Do I like radishes? Can I grow them? Please?”

I wasn’t sure what quality those seeds were or how long they’d been sitting around in that packet. But I wasn’t about to disappoint my younge...

"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...

“I don’t believe it! They’re moving me to another room next year. I’ll have to change everything around to fit. This isn’t fair!”

I’d really had enough of this teacher’s complaining. Every time I came into the faculty lounge, there she was, ranting on and on about...

“Stop your giggling and settle down in there. Don’t make me have to come in there!” I’m sure my mom or my cousin’s mom said that numerous times to us. We didn’t see each other that often, and when we did, it was hard for the day to end. We pretended to be asleep when t...