Tag: college

  • Why I’m Surprised (but Grateful)

    Here I am, retired and nowhere near where I expected to be at this stage of my life. What happened to those lofty dreams of years ago when I pictured myself in a luxurious mansion sipping cocktails by a pool overlooking the Mediterranean? I guess I killed them. I didn’t choose to kill them. I…

  • AT HOME MONDAY: Reflections on failure. . .

    . . .and the 2013 FOLK Journal/Blog Challenge number 3! At what point in your life have you experienced a successful failure? What are some things you have done but previously thought you could never do?   From the time I was ten years old and began writing stories in spiral notebooks, I thought I…