Sifting Through the Information Storm — From the day I learned there were negative numbers I’ve never fully trusted math. (NEGATIVE numbers? You count things that are less than zero?!) I’ve heard of people juggling the numbers. Cooking the books. And who in Retail hasn’t seen a version of ‘’? You know what I mean: “If…

There’s a story behind that face — Dear Resusci Annie, I know we just met and this seems forward, Excuse my hands as I place them thus, Two fingers at your bust, Elbows bent- prepared to thrust, Before I start, perhaps, a word? - This class will prepare me to save a life, Once I get the…

our story in three haiku — Waiting to call her Can be put off if you’re sure Pain is bearable. ~ Time, once lost, is gone. Those words will remain unsaid Ears won’t hear once dead. ~ Was it worth it, then? Who learned what in the silence? I should have called you. ~ I don’t…

Getting out of the box can change you — Have you ever scrolled through social media and noted a post from someone struggling? Someone asking for help? Someone battling depression, or that needs a job, or lost a family member? Perhaps you clicked on the little heart-hugging emoji so they would know you cared. You may have considered sending…

Has your story been plagiarized? — Yesterday a friend and fellow Vocal creator saw that a deeply personal story of theirs, one that was a recent Top Story and one filled with their most vulnerable thoughts, was plagiarized and reposted on Vocal. Although they had already reported it, I went and did so, too, in solidarity. …

The latest newly-branded HR Move — Getting a meeting request from Human Resources feels a lot like hearing the school secretary announce that you are needed immediately in the front office. Icy cold acid bubbles in the pit of your stomach. Should you bring your notebooks? Backpack? Purse? …

Here’s my answer — I’ve been married for 38 years… but not to the same person the entire time. Still, with one union lasting 24 years and the other at 14 and climbing, perhaps I can be permitted my opinion on this question. Somehow I see these as less secrets than ‘lifehacks’; these seem…

A story from the time of beginning Oh so many ages ago, but just a blink ago against all time, the Mother surveyed Her work as the vessels she had created during the Beginning found their place within the Great Space. Some, unburdened by Obligations or Science, delighted in rushing…

I feel it in every part of my life — I loved and feared my father in equal measure. As a young adult I thought that meant that I was a bad daughter. Over the past twenty years or so I’ve come to understand that I was reacting to the many sides of my father. Some of those sides I…