Mela Kamin – What I Say in between Songs

Population: 2,600 – no malls, fast-food restaurants, stop lights or movie theaters
Man, I wanted to get out of that little town. When I saw the world that was beyond the borders of the tiny, Midwestern city I grew up in, I didn’t know how anyone would choose to live there. I admit it has its [...]

I have quit many jobs – one Summer shearing Christmas trees with my best friend – way too much work for the money, in my opinion. Then, at Little Caesar’s my junior year of high school – called to say I wasn’t coming in anymore. I know – classy.
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In my career in public relations, I [...]

A friend’s tweet got me thinking about doors, locked doors, closed doors and slammed doors.
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You see, sometimes as parents, we’d like our kids to leave our presence and go somewhere else – usually that “somewhere” is their own room. For me, this is doubly exhausting because not only do my kids not move very quickly [...]