The best stories are the real ones

The best stories are the real ones. We all pause in front of the catching covers and gripping titles, but the moment we flip to the first page only to discover it begins like thousands of others, our interest fades. The best story is the one you’ve lived. The retelling of your hardest moments, followed…

Do today well…

I woke up this morning to the quiet footsteps of my husband, still in his paramedic uniform. Drawers gently opened and shut and he crawled into bed. “Three calls,” he had told me. I’m gaining a new appreciation for the countless men and women who are on standby at all hours for those unanticipated emergencies….