This is more deeply personal than most of what I typically post. Let’s see if I can tell it well. And I will tell it in two parts over two days. Nick shared his Chicago Marathon story with me last night for the first time and I woke up this morning with a parallel running … Continue reading Crossing Over →

Poor Friday. Its funny how we look forward to it more than any other day of the week. Beginning on Monday we literally count the days until dear Friday, fabulous Friday, fast-food Friday rolls around again. Wednesday, the middle child, has made a name for itself (though not an attractive sounding one) solely based on … Continue reading It Is Well →

I began writing DailyCuppaJo last December with an occasional post, off and on, just here and there really, as I began to add photos of personal interest to my Instagram account. I hadn’t noticed until someone brought to my attention that with each successive post my “captions” (as they were only meant to be), were … Continue reading Free Refills →

On a recent morning drive to work, taking one of my eight different routes to the same destination, I noticed a driver patiently following a slower vehicle in another lane. They suddenly switched lanes and began following me. Apparently my superior automotive handling and appropriate rate of speed warranted a follower. Funny that a simple … Continue reading Follower →

I’ve been off my game for four days running and I’m tired of it. Perhaps this short streak all started a couple of weeks ago when I (oops) dropped a heavy object on my foot while at work. Dang, it hurt so badly so I closed my office door to ice and elevate. Oh. the. … Continue reading Post Office →

Dream with me a moment. The ability is a wonderful human gift—the awake type of dream in particular. To have a hope for something not yet realized . . . intangible because it doesn’t quite exist in any substantive form; growing very real within a heart and mind. Pondering an idea and spinning it around … Continue reading Dream →

People and things flow in and out of our lives. When they’re “in” we enjoy them, celebrate with them, care for, train up, and in so many other ways we fully experience them for whatever the duration may be. When we lose them or they otherwise flow away from us we are left with the … Continue reading Flow →

Of course we learned in class that rainbows appear when sunlight refracts through fine water droplets. I’ve posted about that before. It’s textbook science and a Sunday school lesson straight out of Genesis. But have I ever mentioned my technicolor rainbow sunglasses? Made to protect sensitive eyes from the very sunlight that is 50% responsible … Continue reading Rainbow Effect →

We used to have combined birthday parties at the beach in Corona del Mar when we were kids. My younger sister and I are a few years apart with our birthdays falling just a few days from each other’s. So much sandy, blistering-sunburned fun back then. A beach party was my mom’s idea of an … Continue reading Mermaids →

Starting out the day yesterday I didn’t feel so well. Not at all. Someone in the office was out sick; maybe I’d picked up something from them? I certainly wasn’t on my deathbed but this feeling/bug/“a bit of undigested beef” (Charles Dickens) was slowing me down considerably. I took three minutes to ponder as I … Continue reading Something I Ate →