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 …
TOP OF THE WORLD
(Facebook Picture) It’s one of those evocative high summer days when it seems as though the winter rains will never return. A dream of a …
DRUG STORE CHRISTMAS
It was Christmas Eve and I was crying. Hard. The u.s. Navy had moved us thousands of.miles away from our families to the tip of …
GRANDDAUGHTER #1
GRANDDDAUGHTER #1 You were born just as I was going back to my teaching job at the end of summer vacation. I had to sit …
THE BIOLOGY KIT
It came with my husband, this neat little kit in its black case, his purchase for his first semester in college at the University of …
CLOSE CALLS ON THE FARM
Many of us who know no better have an idyllic picture of growing up on a farm. So let’s debunk the sweet myth of childhood …
JESUS AND MR. POTATO HEAD
Christmas Eve, 2010. Firelight and candlelight. The tree by the fireplace spilling over with presents, its warm glow pushing back the early darkness of December. …
GRANDMA’S COOKIE JAR
My grandma’s cookie jar sat on the counter in a corner of her little pink kitchen, just waiting for her grandchildren to show up. Oh, …