The trend in everyday conversation is to use grandiose words. “Outstanding“ is new “good,“ “amazing“ is the new “OK,“ and “huge“ is the new “big.“I wa...
Speaking easySpeaking in public is most people s least favorite thing. the reason is that we re all afraid of making fools of ourselves. The more impo...
My grandmother was an iron-willed woman, the feared matriarch of our New York family back in the 1950s.When I was five years old, she invited some fri...
When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand...
In a class I teach for adults, I recently did the “unpardonable1.” I gave the class homework! The assignment was to “go to someone you love within the...
there was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them h...
At one point during the party, I made my way to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. A minute or two later, the little girl opened the bathroom...
My grandmother was an iron-willed woman, the feared matriarch of our New York family back in the 1950s.When I was five years old, she invited some fri...
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition ...
Twenty minutes later, all that changed. Grandmother walked by the bathroom and noticed a torrent of water streaming out from under the door.She shriek...