How are you doing and feeling these days? I’m going to be honest. I struggle at times to make sense of (and in) this world. I’m always looking for signs, symbols and meaning that appeal to me or reach my core. A week ago, I set out for a three-mile walk alone. I put my …
Mother’s day was last weekend and it turned out to be a nice day. Realistically though, I had no expectations of it being anything other than an ordinary day with more hugs and possibly hand written cards by my kids. I had not communicated that I wanted anything other than my husband to fry fish …
Something strange and wonderful is happening in my household… I never pictured this or dreamed it would happen, but I sure am happy about it. My daughters have become my in-house editors and beta (test) readers. My youngest daughter may become my next book’s illustrator too. There I said it…my next book. I’m ready to …
Some of you may recall that back in September of 2020, I came up with an idea to give 13 playlists to my daughter who was turning 13 in October. I wrote about it here and made a plea for music requests to be sent in. The project turned out to be a huge hit …
“I feel like I’m leaning back or going to fall,” my oldest daughter said. This was her first time on a treadmill. She held onto the sides with a firm grip. A machine that seems so normal and easy for me to use was strange (and a tiny bit scary) for my teenager. At least …
I’m sitting in my kitchen typing on my laptop at the dinner table, trying to think of something good to write about. This is my first blog post of 2021. My youngest daughter Lana is at the table next to me writing a folk tale for a class assignment that she did not finish on …
I was having a conversation with a great writing friend yesterday and we were reflecting on this year, 2020. We spoke for an hour catching up on each other’s lives, talking about our children and how we’ve written or journaled a lot this year. She asked me, “How do you think we’ll look back on …
“What’s that?” my eight-year old daughter asked me, pointing to my bowl a few days ago. “Grits,” I replied and put a spoonful in my mouth. “What’s grits?” she asked and turned up her nose. “It’s….” I started to reply. “It’s from corn. But it’s more than that. Let me think so I can explain.” …
Who else is experiencing a tornado of emotions? Happy and content one minute before turning into an angry, multi-headed beast the next? Then crying uncontrollably later on that same day? For a change, this hasn’t been me recently. I felt more like this in May, June and early July of this year, but I’ve been …
A few days ago my oldest daughter Vivian and I went for a ride around our neighborhood. She was on her push scooter and I rode my bike. It was required physical education for her and just enjoyment for me. She brought up the subject of playlists. She was in the middle of reading a …
