Whatever happened to ‘real’ life? Back when I was a kid, we all played outside a lot… building forts, riding bikes, climbing trees, playing ball, jumping rope, flying kites, and all that good stuff. I had skates and stilts, a skateboard, and a pogo stick. We played games like tetherball, badminton, and hopscotch. Jacks and air hockey and ping pong …
Journeys of Vision
It was my first visit to the principal’s office. How could I have known that I would start a school-wide panic when I told my first-grade classmates that my eyeball was going to fall out? They clearly weren’t ready to appreciate sarcasm. Please don’t label me a trouble-maker just yet – you might have done the same thing if you’d been subjected …
So, what is “normal”, anyway?
So, what is “normal”, anyway? The dictionary uses the synonyms “usual”, “ordinary”, “habitual”, and “accustomed” to define normal. So, then, your normal is anything that you’re used to, and my normal is anything that I’m used to, right? As creatures of habit, we can become pretty comfortable in our normal. Throughout my childhood, I got good grades in school, and …