by Rita Hudgens | Dec 12, 2017
I pulled into my driveway after going to the gym the other day and was surprised to see that the garage door had been left open. Knowing that my son Rock was the last to leave the house that morning, I figured he must have been running late and forgot to close it....
by Rita Hudgens | Nov 28, 2017
The other night my friend and I had just finished dinner and were walking through a very familiar parking lot to the car. As I glanced to my left, I saw a cluster of fast food restaurants and unexpectedly memories engulfed me; I felt like time stood still. In an...
by Rita Hudgens | Nov 20, 2017
Have you ever been called out by a 5 year old? It’s been awhile; actuality it was quite a few years ago during the dog days of summer. My kids and I were on a quest for the proverbial dream family vacation. The plan was to start out in Oakland, California drive to...
by Rita Hudgens | Nov 14, 2017
Back in the day when I was a very young child, I had one huge emotional trigger guaranteed to terrify the living daylights out of me and send me into a full blown anxiety attack. This well-known trigger was a highly anticipated event, a tradition that all my friends...
by Rita Hudgens | Oct 30, 2017
Last night I was sitting on the patio of a local restaurant at an outdoor mall when I saw what looked like a grown man with a zombie horse head pass right by me. It gave me pause until I realized that there were other adults parading in costumes. Call me slow but it...
