I resolve. I’ve never been the enemy of New Year’s Resolutions that some people are. My Dad was vocal about his dislike of this tradition: “You say you’re going to do something and then you don’t. If you really cared that much about it, you wouldn’t put it off till January 1.” From his perspective, labeling your desired change as a New Year’s Resolution was an instant death warrant for the resolution, and if you were honest you wouldn’t if make it, so much as do it. I can’t d

What is it like to be unfamiliar with the warm security of the love of a fellow human? I can’t say for sure, but I imagine it to be like an arctic tundra: cold, barren, non-nourishing, and no particular points of interest. Except worse. No hope of a home somewhere offering relief. Ever felt like that? I don’t know many, if any, people for whom this is truly accurate, but I’m afraid I know lots of people who have experienced this at some point, at least for a moment. When a lo