My dad's been gone 34 years. I've lived my adult life without him. Yet his words and lessons are relevant today, and resound in my life every day. Love your spouse and make your family a priority. He loved my mom and everyone knew it. They hugged, they smooched, they held hands when they walked. … Continue reading Dad
May 6, 1970 When I was six years old, I was hit by a car while crossing the street. I was on my way to afternoon kindergarten and was walking with several neighborhood friends and classmates. Mr. Churchill, our regular crossing guard was not there to greet us, and had not been for a while. … Continue reading The Accident
A CROP Walk was scheduled today in Durham, North Carolina and participants (who have reported $60,780.10 in online and offline gifts) were to gather on the Duke campus to begin their group walk. If you’re not familiar with CROP, “CROP Hunger Walks are community-based walk events held in cities and towns across the United States … Continue reading Walk With A Purpose
I am one of five siblings. Actually, I’m fifth born, so maybe that means I am five of five siblings. In any case, there are five of us, three girls and two boys, born over a fourteen year span of time. The year I started kindergarten, my two sisters were already away at college. That … Continue reading Party Of Five – a love story
Three weeks ago, I wrote about adaptability and declared that on a scale from 1 -10, I am a nine. Ha! How ridiculous our words can be in retrospect. (And embarrassing if you’re foolish enough to put it in writing.) Two weeks ago, I wrote about letting things go, both physical and emotional, and for … Continue reading And We Go On
I am older this week. Actually, I am older every week, but this week I had a birthday, a certain reminder that I am getting older. Sometimes I feel older – when I’m shuffling carefully across an icy sidewalk, when I find out kids I babysat are now in their 40s, or when I, unexpectedly, … Continue reading They Say It’s Your Birthday
… who has taken you from crayons to perfume? This week I’ve been thinking about the different ways to thank people, and I couldn’t resist following that question with the rest of the line from the song: To Sir With Love, performed by Lulu. And as long as I’ve put it out there, that’s a … Continue reading How Do You Thank Someone…
When I was a kid my mom had a Buttoneer. If you’re not familiar with this handy-dandy product (which I find most people are not) it was a gadget for quickly repairing a lost button. No need for needle and thread, you just loaded a line of little plastic thingys into the side of the … Continue reading Tools of Her Trade
Thank you for all the nice comments and feedback I received this past week about my blog, my mom, and your moms. It was very heartening. And it came as no surprise when she made a guest appearance in one of my dreams. I dreamed I was standing on the sidewalk near the garage of … Continue reading A Walk Down Memory Lane
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
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