What Matters

Yesterday I returned to Missouri after a wonderful week with my children in San Francisco, where we stayed with my sister and her lovely family. Living in mid-Missouri, going to San Francisco is, understandably, always a bit of an event. Weeks ahead of time, we raid the library for travel guides and plan what to do.  This trip we went …

Unfair Competition

Excitement is building at our house.  My parents are arriving on Saturday for a two and a half week visit.  It’s been over a year since they were last here and we can’t wait to see them again. My sister Bridget lives with her family in Moraga, a town across the Bay from San Francisco, and what tends to happen …