Despite the lengthy catching up I need to do that has been hanging over me all year, I want to try and dust off the rust accumulating on these fingers and stretch the creative muscles in my brain that, as... Read more →

Christmas morning 1988 wasn’t the Christmas I’d laid in bed awake envisioning with anticipation the night before. Mid-morning Mac ran into Gaga’s kitchen with tears streaming down his face and his hand holding the back of his head. The next... Read more →

This Friday will mark ten years. Ten years since I walked down the aisle towards the man who still makes me laugh till I can’t breath. It makes me feel old, that’s for sure. But we’ll overlook that teensy detail... Read more →

Freshly cut from her garden each spring, a handful of delicate pink flowers would be placed in the center of her white oval-shaped table. No matter what direction your swivel chair faced, you’d inhale a honey-like fragrance that wasn’t over-powering... Read more →

With my hand on his leg and his hand on my daughter’s, I looked into my Daddy’s eyes the week he was here for Easter with tears and a heart bursting with joy and thanksgiving for the man who was... Read more →

The clock says 8:15 p.m. The kids are in bed and the house is quiet for the first time since 4:42 a.m. this morning. The past week I’ve taken a stroll down memory lane, which always leaves me in a... Read more →

Grab a cup of hot tea or hot chocolate before reading this post. If it’s as cold where you are as it is here, I know a hot drink is just the necessary concoction to warm you up through and... Read more →

The sound of the landing gear, as always, makes me jump a bit in my seat, my pulse beating more rapidly. And let’s not forget the sweaty hands. The desert below me was tinged with green more than usual for... Read more →

Warning: This post could lend itself to be amusing or a tad unsettling to a queasy stomach. It could also drastically change your opinion of me forever. You’ve been forewarned! In the eighth grade, one of our writing assignments was... Read more →

It’s day two of staring at a white screen not knowing where to begin. That’s happening more often to me than I’d like because what is in my heart wants to gush forth like a geyser, but I can’t seem... Read more →