Gratitude
Today is the tenth anniversary of Charles's death and I woke up this morning to a text from a dear friend who still misses him too. Two...
Kid stuff, but not...
All these baseball games remind me of a long ago, looong, hot summer when our really young daughter played softball. She was the worst...
You gotta
Saturday night was one big ole party, my high school reunion - my 50th. Please humor me by looking shocked. But what a great evening....
Sisterhood
Even though I know the reality of life, the news of someone's death still surprises me somehow. By now I've lived through a stack of...
"We have not grieved without hope."
This powerful statement was a simple line in an update I recently read on Facebook from a family dealing with the sudden life-threatening...
Bus drivers 'r us
Our neighborhood school bus pulled into my street one afternoon recently. I happened to be behind it. There's a roundabout a few houses...
The lie.
My college roommate Jackie and I met for the first time at Belmont in 1967. A close friend from my hometown was also there along with my...
He had (and we have) one job
The Academy Awards is supposed to be the story that tells the story of stories. At the end of the night, it is not supposed to be the...
Finding the How
When we're kids and mad about something, it's easy to think that whatever bad is happening at the moment is the way it is always going to...
Comfort zone
I've been wearing Aunt Shirley's fleece top. She didn't really give it to me. It was in a plastic bag with her other things when I left...
