by Chrysa Smith Every Monday afternoon at 2pm, I gather with eight ladies to play tennis. It's a somewhat friendly round of doubles (some friendlier than others), but I digress. The interesting part is that most of these ladies have at least 15 or more years on me and have been playing together for maybe as long. I'm the newbie---literally. At first, I wasn't sure about this whole venture. I'm just not sure [...]

By: Chrysa Smith Have you gone out with hack saw in hand and cut down an Evergreen tree? Have you hauled it into your home, scratching up the walls, dropping needles that you'll not find until spring? Have you untangled the strings of lights, hooked all the balls and hung them perfectly on the dry branches?  Ah, Merry Christmas. It's kinda weird that we bring a tree into our homes to celebrate a [...]