Abigail only asked for one thing for her sixth birthday – a surfing lesson. She’s been begging to go surfing for more than eight months. I couldn’t find anywhere that would give her a lesson until she turned six. Her daily mantra for several weeks before her birthday became, “How many more days until I […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
She ask me hesitantly, almost as if she expects the answer I’m going to give her, “Mommy, are you sure you can’t come have lunch with me today?” I sigh. It is 7:25 a.m. School starts in twenty minutes. We’re still doing last night’s homework. The girls’ lunches aren’t made, because I have this […]
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends. {Walt Whitman} Gracie’s two best friends moved this summer. So did Abigail’s. So did two of my best friends. It was not an easy summer on any of our hearts. Gracie’s best girl friend moved to Illinois in June. They […]
My dad loved macro photography. I remember the Christmas before he got sick that I went to visit my mother and him at their home outside of New Orleans. One morning, he told me to call walk down the long driveway and said about halfway down I’d see a tiny little pine tree sprouting up […]
The girls are out of school at least today and tomorrow. We have bottles and bottles of water. Steve has secured everything that can be secured in the yard. He patched a spot in the roof. We’re as ready as ready can be for Tropical Storm (Hurricane) Isaac to move ashore tomorrow. Right now, it […]