Today I had a great appointment with Dr. Wonderful.  We talked about real life for forty minutes, and cancer for five minutes.  In a middle of the night epiphany last week, I wondered if perhaps Dr. Wonderful was the father of a former student of mine, Junior Wonderful.  Wonderful is not that common of a last name, right?  (Haha!)  Today, I asked Dr. Wonderful about...

This morning, I walked down my driveway, ready to run.  A woman in a minivan I didn’t know pulled over, sort of apologized for interrupting me, introduced herself as a blog reader, and told me she’s been praying for me.    I think there were tears in her eyes.  And her reaching out to me brought tears to my eyes.  I swear, half of the blog comments bring...

Maren came home from Phenom’s house after her first day there talking nonstop about The Girls: The Girls’ toys, The Girls’ bedroom, The Girls’ general awesomeness.  You see, Phenom has elementary-aged girls who dote on and indulge Maren’s whims in a way that I can only hope Maren will indulge Greta one day.  Maren is often a same-age...