Yesterday was my mom’s forever birthday. Although she’s been gone for eight years, the date January 3rd will forever be her birthday to me. I think that however long I carry on without her, The Sound of Music will always be her movie, The Wind Beneath My Wings will always be her song, and I’ll … Continue reading Forever My Mom
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Place: Dexter, MITime: December 1997Characters: A four-year-old boy and his mother Shortly before Christmas, a young boy and his stressed and distracted mother were exiting the grocery store on a dark and rainy evening. Without a care in the world, the young boy stepped off of the sidewalk and into … Continue reading A Christmas Story
A friend recently asked me if I would be blogging about New Year’s resolutions on the ‘Willow.’ My first thought was, of course. I get a cheap thrill from a fresh start, a clean slate, a new calendar, a newly minted To Do list… you get the picture. But as I thought about it, I … Continue reading 2019 New Year’s Resolutions – Revisited
In October, while on a weekend getaway with the women of my family, we rented the movie, The Greatest Showman. I liked it. It was good – not spectacular. The title might have hyped up my expectations. I did quite like the music, and the songs decided to camp out in my head for the … Continue reading It’s All About the Confidence
I’m starting my Christmas decorating this weekend. I’d like to say that I’m also finishing my Christmas decorating this weekend, but MOH has a different idea of when it’s okay to put up Christmas decorations and I need his help with the tree. So there’s that. When is the right time to put up Christmas … Continue reading It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
The other day at the grocery store, I popped into the cereal aisle to grab some Quaker Old Fashioned Oats for MOH. We don’t buy much boxed dry cereal these days, and if we do, it’s apt to be Cheerios or spoon size Shredded Wheat. But on this particular trip, my attention was drawn to … Continue reading Hey Mikey, He Likes It
I’m celebrating the first anniversary of my blog by giving the long answer to a question I have been asked by many friends and family members over the past ten months. You see, I’ve wanted to be a writer my entire life. And I realized recently that I am, and have been, just not in … Continue reading A Blog? What Made You Do That?
So here we are folks. It’s the second half of autumn in Michigan. I do like autumn, but truth be told, I find the first half more enjoyable. Halloween is over now, and this past week, we’ve had our first couple days of freezing weather and light snow. MOH is not happy about it, and … Continue reading Baby It’s Cold Outside
Earlier this week my son and I attended the Annual Halloween Concert of the Dexter High School Orchestras. My son played cello for eight years, and it has now been that many years since he graduated. That's a very long time in school years, and although I thought we might run into someone we knew, … Continue reading Let the Music Play
Mill Creek Sports Center, Dexter MI When I worked and lived in Dexter, I frequently drove past Mill Creek Sports Center. And when I say frequently, I mean every day for twenty-nine years. Needless to say, the outside was a very familiar scene with the pontoon boats and stacks of Sea-Doos ready for sale. It … Continue reading Out of Sight, Out of Mind
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