I declared sometime during Thanksgiving week, in the middle of the continuous trips to the grocery store for yet more nuts I thought I’d gotten and more butter…
The wash was still running as I took my tenth pee break of the day and contemplated how much time does all that I do really take. I…
The sainted shrub did not resurrect itself this Spring. As I suspected, I had killed my birthday present to myself. The forever lusted after beautyberry bush, with its…
When I forget what I’ve been up and how much I appreciate my writing, I end up reading something and remembering. I felt very privileged to have written…
Each of us is a storyteller. We tell our tales to our friends with big belly laughs over beers at our Summer Barbeques. We tell our children tales…
In an attempt to keep moving forward, I follow and read lots of different blogs. One I read is written by a reputable business coach who suggested beginning…
Yeah, I can be a hater sometimes. Remember this post where I listed the things that got on my nerves? Well today, I’m sharing my Top 9 Reasons…
In another lifetime, I was another wife. I married my first husband when I was 23. We were destined for an 8 year-long unhappy marriage without kids. Eventually…
“What is that in her hand? She just put it in her mouth”, my husbands says. “Oh, it looks like a cat toy”, I say. “You mean the…
As a child, I can remember feeling such an incredible feeling of grief and let down when the last present was opened. All that savored anticipation had come…