I have a complex relationship with the holidays. The thought of spending time with family and friends comes with baggage - nostalgia for cold beer, loud conversation and roasting pig sizzling to “Quimbara” on a humid Miami night, quickly reality-checked by memories of Black Friday retail hell and the mad race to January clearance sales.... Continue Reading →
Simple Acts of Kindness
My son moves to the beat of his personal playlist, a mishmash of nursery rhymes and songs about lost teddy bears woven into a patois only he understands. Spinning in the garden and tracing numbers in the air, he’s letting his freak flag fly for everyone to see. He’s happy. The other children don’t know... Continue Reading →