Sing a Song

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Earlier this week I was making dinner with my family, and out of nowhere I started humming, and then singing, “Oats, peas, beans and barley grow. Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow. You and I and everyone knows how oats, peas, beans, and barley grow.” It’s a silly song from … Continue reading Sing a Song →

Facebook: Friend or Foe

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Recently, it occurred to me that I hadn’t heard anything from a friend in a while. I looked her up on Facebook to see if she hadn’t been posting anything or if her posts just weren’t showing up in my feed. I couldn’t find her. “Hey,” I said to a … Continue reading Facebook: Friend or Foe →

How Do I Live Without Air?

It was a muggy Sunday morning in July 1999. My son and I walked out of church and climbed into an oppressively hot mini-van. “Mom,” he complained loudly. “Let’s get going. It’s soaking hot in here.” I took the opportunity, as many parents do to say, “When I was a kid… we didn’t have air … Continue reading How Do I Live Without Air? →

Once Upon a Musical

Like thousands of other people, I recently saw Hamilton on Disney +. Late last year, I had been planning to take a long weekend to visit my niece in Chicago to see it in the theater there. Unfortunately, I’m a procrastinator, and I didn’t get the job done. Now I can’t. But thanks to Disney … Continue reading Once Upon a Musical →

Once Upon a Saturday

I think it’s safe to say that Saturday is the most popular day of the week. Who doesn’t love Saturday? That’s not a rhetorical question. If you, or someone you know, doesn’t love Saturday I’d be interested in hearing about it. Even MOH, who works a 24 hour shift two out of every three Saturdays, … Continue reading Once Upon a Saturday →

My Memory Serves Me Well

Photo by Jena Backus on Pexels.com Since I’ve been blogging, friends and family have commented, “You have such a good memory.” I’ve never really thought about it. Is my memory any better than anybody else’s? I don’t know. I do have memories, good and bad, of attending school, family events, and a multitude of most … Continue reading My Memory Serves Me Well →

Dad

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 →

The Accident

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 →

Walk With A Purpose

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 →

Party Of Five – a love story

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 →