Category: trauma

  • Listening to Strangers on the Plane

    Something I have not experienced in quite a while is how lovely it can be to get to know the person sitting next to me on the plane. On the first leg of our trip from Dallas Fort Worth Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport, I sat next to a lovely woman named Charlene Whitaker…

  • TMS #96

    October 9, 2018 When the Cheese Dip Fairy (CDF) comes to visit, uninvited, at 10:57 pm on a school night, it’s time to start writing. The Notorious CDF typically only intrudes about once or twice per year, and those times are usually fairly predictable. This time, it was a straight-up home invasion – unexpected, aggressive,…