the icing on the cake

creating connection,
one story at a time

 

Something wonderful happens when we share our stories;
the moments that make us laugh and those that make us cry.
We learn that it’s not enough to encourage and love, but to be encouraged and loved.
Because in the end, we have each other, and that’s really something, isn’t it?

featured pieces

longer form pieces, all of which can be accessed on the featured pieces page.

featured pieces
the island’s wise counsel
the island’s wise counsel

The quiet times allow me to think, and overthink — guilty as charged — and so I share with you some of my thoughts and insights gifted to me from the sandy shores of a small spit of land 30 miles from the Massachusetts coastline.

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if we could live life backwards
if we could live life backwards

Imagine if we could look at our lives through the formidable lens of age, with all the knowledge, experience, and hard-earned wisdom we’ve accumulated through our middle years (okay, maybe our later middle years), and somehow apply it to our past.

What would we change? Would we have made different choices? Would we have lived differently?

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tennis, anyone?
tennis, anyone?

This year’s French Open men’s singles final felt like more than just a game. There was something noble and exemplary—not just in their style of play, but also in their respect for each other, for tennis, and for the power of the human spirit.

Photo Credit: Christophe Petit Tesson / EPA

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freedom to roam
freedom to roam

Easter was different this year…and I didn’t like it at all.

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tuesday thoughts

i do my best thinking on tuesdays; come check them out!

tuesday thoughts
the lottery
the lottery

After living most of my life, or 55 years of it, I have come to recognize myself as a bit of a loser when it comes to games and contests that require luck, and I usually steer clear, especially when money is involved.

what’s your itch
what’s your itch

Life has a sneaky way of educating us when we least expect it.

we see you
we see you

But I also consider those who may not be there. Those children who have struggled and continue to do so, who are not a part of the end-of-the year merriment, who did not complete (and may not have started), who did not attend a prom and did not pose in their tux or gown.⁠

i don’t know
i don’t know

This morning, my daughter sent me a Tik Tok of a cool, AirPods-sporting, blond-haired girl with a look of disdain on her face. At the top of the screen, these words are written: School making us believe our worth is determined by a grade. And in the video, the above-mentioned girl, in a deep voice, says, “Now that was a lot of damage.”

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In a world so inundated with fraught and stress, it would be great if we could just be nice.