One of my favorite scenes in that cute movie, Peter Rabbit (2018), is when the deer is caught in the headlights of an automobile. He stares and repeats in a soft, mesmerized-like voice, “HeAd LiGhTs.” Peter Rabbit urges him to snap out of it: “Blink…blink…blink, blink, blink, blink, blink.” When the deer remains in his trance, Peter …
“David…David…time to get up…time to get going.” Those were the words my dad would say if I didn’t get up on time. He didn’t need to shout; the sound of his steady voice was enough to get my attention at the early hour. I can still hear his footsteps tromping down the hall to my …
I texted my youngest daughter to see how she was doing a few days after she had tested positive for COVID: “How’s my ‘COVID daughter’ doing?” I teased. “Tired,” she responded, “I’m ready to get my energy back.” A lack of vitality is relatively foreign to me. Dialing it down has been more of a …
“You tested positive for COVID-19; I’m sure you’re not surprised,” the health-care worker gently told me as she handed me the test results. I had registered a temperature the night before, preceded by a cough and respiratory irritation. “Maybe it’s just my yearly sinus infection,” I told Lori. I was wrong. Getting into my car …
“Step, step, step, now stop” Bird’s alarm halts hiker’s dance— Rustling leaves sing on Despite a sore Achilles tendon—the unfortunate result of running like a 30-year-old on my 65th birthday–I laced up my hiking boots and headed into the field. My hike didn’t last long, not because it was below freezing but for the fact …