by Laurie Wagner | Oct 14, 2013 | Blog
If you’re a parent, you know how painful it is when your child is sad. What’s the saying? You’re only as happy as your most unhappy child. So when my daughter came home from the first few weeks of the 10th grade this year in tears because she didn’t connect with any...
by Laurie Wagner | Sep 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Because I hate small talk. Because I don’t like beating around the bush. Because I’m a terrible liar and I feel like I’m polluting the air if I’m going on about things that I don’t care about. I tell true stories because then I don’t have to keep everything...
by Laurie Wagner | Sep 9, 2013 | Blog
“’I should have stayed at the dance.’” That’s what I was thinking as I sat in my friend’s car. The mood was tense. Julie had insisted on leaving the dance right after Homecoming Queen was announced. She hadn’t won like she’d hoped. I had.” These are...
by Laurie Wagner | Aug 28, 2013 | Blog
“Why do you work so hard?” my friend Deb asked me the other day. “You seem like you’re in such a hurry to get somewhere.” “I think I’m trying to get to a sense of rest,” I said. “Some place on the other side of...
by Laurie Wagner | Aug 5, 2013 | Blog
The thing about being someone who promotes truth telling – on the page and off – is that when you’re not walking your talk you know it immediately and it’s hard not to feel like a big ol’ liar. Of course I’m being a little hard on myself; I’m human, I make...
