Xmas in July

"Shopping for gifts should always be this much fun."

The woman behind the counter frowned when I showed her the picture on my phone of the ring my wife had sent me to get.She was a pretty young woman in her mid-thirties with short blonde hair and pixie features....

Games People Play

"Daddy says she is the best, and she gets a chance to prove him right."

Cassie smiled when he stopped her at the door. There was a happy gleam in his eye as he turned and took her hands in his."This is your second to last chance to quit if you don't want to play,"...

My Secret Santa Sucked

"...and it wasn't a bad thing at all."

I work for a small family owned manufacturing company.  Nothing exciting ever happens here.Our holiday celebrations have downsized along with the company.  They used to rent a banquet hall for our Christmas party.  Now we are down to barely fifty...

Go, Team, Go!

"My Teams Competition story missed the point. I don't do teams."

I was never big on team sports. It started when I was a kid. I was a late bloomer, so all through school, I was one of the smaller kids in the class. Nobody ever wanted me on their team...

Analogy Rehab

"On the highway of life, some people know where they are going, and some are just along for the rife."

Maybe life is like pushing a dead car over a hill. It takes a lot of effort to get there, but eventually you get over the crest, and you can relax and enjoy the ride down the other side. That...