Trying to get the words out of my head.
Dear Benton, Happy Birthday! I learned most of these 18 lessons the hard way and hope they make yours easier. I offer them out of love and in love and because of love. 1. First Impressions Last They just do. That initial encounter is sticky. Makes an imprint that lingers. What you seem like becomes […]
I fore-see the sport of golf filling up chunks of time in my empty-nesting future. Which means I need to learn this absurd game in the present. So far, yes to the cute visors and chic skorts. Yes, to buzzing around in low-speed carts through waves of manicured, rolling landscapes. Yes, to phone-free hours with […]
As a writer my words irregularly arrive and are mysterious and unpredictable. There are long periods of sleepy silence when suddenly (almost always when I’m driving) my words wake up hungry, feverish and ready to be fed. From then on, my brain is a constant hum as phrases find their way into paragraphs until two […]
As I walked the streets and scrolled my screen this past Halloween, a common costume emerged, mostly among adults that decided to join in the fun. It was a simple get up, but immediately recognizable for most of us that might enjoy a popular Apple TV series – and therefore easily identify the uniform of a […]
A friend sent me a great, big hourglass for Christmas. After I opened it, we shared a hearty, knowing laugh over FaceTime. The gift represented our favorite catch-phrase, “Like sands through the hourglass… these are the days of our lives.” For years, she and I breathed those words, especially when my kids were tiny and […]
‘Twas a month before Christmas and it was a mess in the house, All its creatures were stirring: dogs, kids and each spouse. “Get up on the stairs,” mom yelled to the pack, “If you haven’t showered in a while, get in the back.” “Now, Millie! Now, Copper! Now, Benton and Greg! Now, Charlotte! Guys, […]
Six of us stood on the lawn last Friday, shivering in the afternoon cold, holding balloons and flowers and a box of yummy treats. S, the birthday girl, burst out her front door, delightedly surprised. Physically distanced and smiling beneath our masks, we carefully nibbled on a perfectly sweet and sour lemon tart and huddled […]
In preparing for my last post, when I enjoyed a fresh view of my favorite sentimental things, a piece of paper poked out of the pile in the sink. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you. Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. In 2017, […]
My thirteen-year old son broke his hand last week. It took a second x-ray to locate the thin shaded line of gray that split the bone in the middle of his palm. But there it was, another crack in the crazy of whatever life is right now. Another plop of poop splashed into the sewer […]
The Enneagram is so popular that I am truly surprised there is not a line of masks emblazoned with “Achieving 3,” “Loyal 6” or “Challenging 8” (that one might be a low seller) on the market. We need all the help we can trying to get to know each other with only half our faces […]
