SOFTER WORDS
I’m in the Physical Therapy office waiting for my husband, who has misplaced his ever present coffee mug, the one that attaches to his hand …
GRANDDAUGHTER #3
This girl, this curly redheaded girl, is often a rock in a stormy sea. She calmly crochets fantastic animals for her friends. I stare in …
GRANDSON #2
Such a beautiful boy! A cuddler from the beginning. So many adventures we had. Remember romps at Robert Frost Farm? Picnics under Jimmy the apple …
GRANDSON #5
You came into our lives as somewhat as a bonus baby for me, some 20 plus years after my own last baby. I felt like …
KITTEN SURPRISE
It was one of those delicious early summer days in southern Missouri. What a perfect day to get my kiddos outfitted with new sneakers for …
CHASING THE STRAWBERRY MOON
The rumor of a strawberry moon spins me backward in time. 13 years old again and it’s strawberry season in the PNW. Every year when …
FAIRY FLOWERS
Foxgloves, they are called, for some obscure reason lost in British history. Maybe it’s the glovelike shape of the delicate little petal that looks like …
GRANDSON #1
When we learned that you would soon make us grandparents, we were over the moon in anticipation. Then you came into our world, all 9 …
CELL PHONE OBIT
Out into the dazzling sunlight of a Virginia morning . I love mowing our lawn. It wears me out thoroughly and creates the illusion that …
ARDELLE (not her real name)
I’m standing in line at the Walmart return desk with an unflattering pair of shorts I’d never wear in public (you have to be careful …