I was speaking with a good friend of mine at a Holiday party, this weekend. He is the undergraduate advisor for English majors at a prestigious Philadelphia university. The topic of conversation was the freshman turkey drop. The term refers both to high school sweethearts who, feeling the strains of a long-distance relationship, break up [...]
“Keeping our minds aware of our short presence here, may we truly cherish each moment, as difficult as it may sometimes be, treating it, caressing it, loving it as though it were our first, last and only.” These words taken from the Sean O’Shea Foundation’s website hang eerily on the foundation’s Newsletter page. A [...]
This time of year, my T.V. won’t let me forget that I should be out buying gifts. Every night, it threatens me with countdowns and entices me with offers. I often feel like I’m letting my transistor down when I view my evenings as family time instead of shopping days. Still, one item [...]