Beth Terry | May 31, 2008
It was a familiar noise, the distinctive cleng cleng of a child’s bicycle. A very patient daddy rode slowly alongside his pink-helmeted little one on her matching bike. “That’s good. Slow and steady. Good. Keep the handlebars straight ahead. Looking good, sweetie.”
A wave of nostalgia washed over me. Untold decades ago I was on that […]
Beth Terry | May 23, 2008
There are pundits who say there are no generation gaps. Others say it’s too wide a gap to mend. Of course there’s a gap, and yes, we can figure this out.
Part of the “gap” in generations is just biology. As we age and take on new responsibilities, we have a different focus. Twenty-somethings are […]
Beth Terry | May 14, 2008
It’s halfway through May and the people who actually meant their New Years’ Resolutions are still showing up at the gym. A woman with a Raphaelite body creeps in and tries to hide out at the back of the aerobics class. I restrain an impulse to run up to her and hug her for […]
Beth Terry | May 11, 2008
She looked so frustrated last week. I saw her in the airport. This young mother of twin rambunctious pre-school boys was definitely considering abandonment. The boys weren’t really all that bad. In her backyard, she would have been smiling indulgently. But this was an airport and her mothering skills were being questioned by complete strangers!
They […]
Beth Terry | May 8, 2008
Balmy weather. Earlier sunrises. Later sunsets. Cacti and desert flowers in bloom along the highways. Does your mind wander more these days? You aren’t alone. Long a topic of folklore and poetry, Spring Fever captures our attention and our imagination.
If you’ve been cooped up in the house for months, these balmy days are an irresistible […]
Beth Terry | May 6, 2008
I have an invitation on my desktop to join something called WAYN (where are you now?) I’m on LinkedIn, I’m supposed to join FaceBook and MySpace. It was recommended I hook up to Twitter. I’m a moderator on three Yahoo e-groups and a member of 6 more. And somehow I’m supposed to get work done […]
The way I see it, Cactus is the most resilient plant in the desert. If you find yourself stuck out on the desert and you can get past the thorns, its fruit will save your life. The same goes for us human critters. If we can get past the thorns of our own life, what we find in our core will save us and sustain us.
