What’s up with the “cold call?” How has this decades-old term taken on new meaning as defined by today’s generation? Evidently the meaning, or, er, understanding, has changed ever-so-slightly from when cold calls were legit, a real phenomenon – still annoying, but expected and accepted. So, in the spirit of how to redefine the Cold Call for the current generation so it is understood and respected by all (or at least attempted), here we go… The confusion over exactly what …
Tag: College kids
We all have it. We all see it. Everyday. That one out-of-place item lingering in our home. But suddenly, it becomes such a fixture in our life, in our living space, that we no- longer notice it anymore. Almost as if we ‘un-see’ it, if that is even possible. It could be a sock sagging helplessly in the middle of the floor. A napkin or tissue or food wrapper carelessly left behind. Possibly it’s the subscription magazine that has been …
This was both a difficult and awkward piece to write simply because it is challenging to express just how conflicted, as a mother, it is to experience our children dropping back into our lives briefly only to leave again. I accept this as the natural progression, but the raw feelings still linger. I often reflect on my own mother and how she quietly dealt with this issue for years without ever making us think twice about packing our bags and …
