I was commanded to rest. I took opportunity to do so by lying on my back on the lawn, watching clouds drift on the wind that stirred the maple and pine boughs. I couldn't resist the urge to take a picture of the sky; then I turned the camera toward what the clouds might see.…

“They’re gonna love you,” she told me. They don’t even know me. And neither do you! I went to surrender my Wisconsin drivers license and license plate this week – and with it, a piece of my heart. Transitions are always hard, and this symbolic gesture is a resounding hammer on the final nail in…

If Jill and I had known each other when we were 9-10 years old, we either would have been mortal enemies or inseparable friends — we're too similar for anything in between. We met in PT school and had a mutual respect for one another (although she claims she tried harder to be my friend…