Unplugged
“Louie Louie” and I sometimes cruise the highway together. It’s easy now to rock out to tunes from any era and I might be that girl you...
Waiting out the tantrum
The son and daughter-in-law of dear friends are in China right now adopting their precious little girl, Willa. They've waited a long time...
Team work
I’m headed out of town to a small wedding this week. I wouldn’t miss it for, as a friend of mine used to say, all the tea in China. You...
The Camp Out
In the hot summer of 1964, my father and my uncle found a spot on the riverbank of the Duck in Bedford County and declared the first...
In the moment
Reminders - sticky notes, to do lists, whatever - have always been a staple. Charles once looked at me with concern asking why my keys...
"Not my truck"
Moving is such a hullabaloo. Thinking of moving your stuff from point A to point B makes your stomach hurt. You just really want to get...
Grand moments
I said, let's all rest a bit. And they did. Sweet moments. Because God had created grands and dogs and cats. (Can you see the cat?) It...
Put on your walking shoes
Charles and I once lived in a neighborhood that wasn't too far from the developing Cool Springs area. This mall property is huge now, but...
