Last week was my grandfather’s birthday. After dinner, I ask Steve to call him and convince him that the girls and I want to sing Happy Birthday. My grandfather is almost completely deaf, but a really deep loud voice can sometimes get through to him. The only person in my immediate family whose voice fits […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
(photos by Amy Konieczka Photography) For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved stories – to read them, to tell them, to share them, to soak them up like the last bit of sauce in a delicious bowl of shrimp scampi, to store them up and keep them close for days that just need […]
“Mother!” she yells, her frustration with me all too apparent in her tone. Sitting in the overstuffed leather chair across from her bed, I turn my head slightly so that I’m out of her line of sight and roll my eyes. “DON’T ROLL YOUR EYES AT ME!” oops. I sigh that exasperated, exhausted sigh of […]
Last night, I had dinner with one of my favorite people in the world. Becky and I have been friends for over a decade. Whenever we get together, there is always so much to talk about; our lives have followed very similar courses. We worked for the same company when we met, we got married […]