Author: parlayhouse

Aug 2022   I woke up this morning in a ditch. Not an actual ditch, thank goodness. My life isn’t Peaky Blinders. But I was in an emotional ditch created by a series of challenging moments that were eating away at my solid footing. Most of those moments were beyond my control, and none of […]

July 2022   As I write this month’s missive, our family beach vacation in Greece is coming to an end. We’ve traveled here every year, adding new family members to the trip as our children find partners and begin their own families. Each gathering has its own cadence; its own highlights, its own challenges and […]

June 2022   Who lives next door? When I was about seven years old and learning to ride my “big girl bike,” I forgot how to use the brakes. Looking around for anything that would slow my momentum, I grabbed hold of the chainlink fence that lined our sidewalk, just in time to stop myself […]