Once upon a time, I truly enjoyed New Year’s Eve. I remember having friends over when I was in middle school and high school, toasting the new year with Shirley Temples and hoping, more than once, for a kiss from some special at the time boy. Steve asked me to marry him on New […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
This morning there were eight people and two dogs in our tiny house. By 6:00 p.m., there were two people and one dog. The silence, while nice, was deafening at times! My sister and her family left this morning. I was so sad to see them go, but we’ll see them in Memphis is just […]
It’s a little after 9:00 a.m.Amazingly, the girls are still sleeping. I’ve been able to knock out a good bit of work. Early this morning, I followed Steve to the Honda dealership to fix the lock on the van. It seemed strange to be out and about so early on the morning after Christmas. The […]
The light above the gas pump casts a half shadow across the face that I have known for well over a decade. It is familiar and strong and oh so loved. It is the face I see every morning before the day becomes a whirlwind of work and school and chaos. It is the first […]
When I finally fell asleep last night, I could have really used a hug. Do you ever have that longing just to be held, to be embraced and told that everything is going to be okay? Since I’d pretty much made ever single person in my house mad at me yesterday, that just didn’t happen […]