It was twenty years ago today, Sgt Pepper taught the band to play
Lorena
If you would have asked me twenty years ago what I thought I might be writing, looking back on twenty years of marriage, talking about “my first year-and-change of being…
my cool family
When loss sneaks in and makes a home in your heart
I want to make sweeping statements like, “the first time you lose someone you love, it teaches you how to lose everyone else” or “the first time you lose someone…
That time I realized I am… kind of boring — I mean, that I love routine
To remind myself about what I did earlier this year, so that I can blog about it, I’m going through my pictures. I use my camera a lot – for…
That time my dad’s ex-wife died and I didn’t mention it for eight months
So, back in January, I wrote the following on my Facebook page: I am not really sure of what I want to say yet, because my former stepmother, my father’s…
I think someone stole my day
Seriously, where’s my day? I left it here on my desk this morning next to my purse, and I think someone came in and stole it. I swear I was…
You get a birthday! And YOU get a birthday! And you!
Today is Uncle Joe’s birthday (we celebrated last night). Tomorrow is my mom’s birthday. And then Tuesday is That Poor Man’s mom’s birthday. Hooray, June! For Christmas last year I…
The Four Graveyards and a Wedding Road Trip: Charm City
After a quick family breakfast, it was off to Baltimore. Why Baltimore? Well, first off, it’s my hometown. I have ties… including much family in a cemetery, and y’all know…
Shower the people you love with love
Hooooo boy. I’ve written this post like six times today, y’all. Even I want to tell myself to shut up already, haha, even though this is kind of a really…
The Practicality of Preparing
The last few months, I’ve been helping my aunt and uncle decide what to do with their manuscripts, correspondence, papers, and library. They’re not planning on leaving the party any…
Knock on wood, I think I’m back on my feet and on my game!
Being grateful to the universe that everything has lined up in such a way as to let you take time away from work to help take care of people you…
Some of it’s magic, and some of it’s tragic
He went to Paris Looking for answers To questions that bothered him so The nurses on this floor aren’t as attentive as on the previous floor (but of course changing…
Cheap, quick, right; pick two
When I used to work in the document production department at an Engineering company, we had an unofficial slogan (ok, we had lots of them, but this is about a…