Are You Asking For It?

Skillet and Stockpot Speak up! I am not, by nature, acquisitive. So I was startled to realize that I was lusting after a new set of cookware. It just wasn’t me. But sure enough, each day I’d pull up the images of the pots and pans on the Macy’s website. I’d check the price. I’d […]


Are You Asking For It?

Skillet and Stockpot Speak up! I am not, by nature, acquisitive. So I was startled to realize that I was lusting after a new set of cookware. It just wasn’t me. But sure enough, each day I’d pull up the images of the pots and pans on the Macy’s website. I’d check the price. I’d […]


Dream Bigger this Christmas

Kevin and Baby Carly. Christmas, 2008. Just Ask.  None of my (suburban, American, well-fed and cared for) grandchildren has ever told me, “I want a rubber band this Christmas.” Nor “I asked Santa for a bowl of oatmeal.” Nor “I wish for a tube of toothpaste.” No. They dream big: They ask for new bicycles […]


Dream Bigger this Christmas

Kevin and Baby Carly. Christmas, 2008. Just Ask.  None of my (suburban, American, well-fed and cared for) grandchildren has ever told me, “I want a rubber band this Christmas.” Nor “I asked Santa for a bowl of oatmeal.” Nor “I wish for a tube of toothpaste.” No. They dream big: They ask for new bicycles […]