Mom
Fill ‘er up
“Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything & everyone more important than ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, remember that everyone riding with you will be left stranded by the side of the road, too.” – Bishop [...]
In the details
Yesterday the boys worked through the rain to line my flower beds with mulch. Pride puffed their chests when Dad said, “Now that’s a job well done.” The grands – oh they worked hard, too – building forts and cookies with Nana. We played, we laughed, we dined and we loved. Delighted giggles filled the [...]
“I’m Gay”
Remember when personalized license plates came out? I do and I’ll tell you why. I was a teen, living a country girl’s dream down on the family farm. It was summertime and my days were spent riding my horse, swimming in the lake, and hanging with my cousins. (When I wasn’t pulling weeds, cleaning the [...]
Seeing the need
So, there we were last Saturday, hubbs and me, seated at a corner table facing the rest of the restaurant as we waited for friends to join us for supper. A perfect vantage point for people-watching and hubbs could check college basketball scores on the flat screens if he chose to. We chatted back and [...]
Going green? Gone!
I was chatting with some colleagues last week about the whole “Green” movement and how it’s changed us and, hopefully, the environment. When one of them very seriously asked about my recycling efforts, I couldn’t help but snort that I’d been “green” since I was a kid. The puzzled look on her face told me [...]
12 Days of Delight
A few years ago my cousin and I were both struggling to come up with memorable Christmas gifts for our mothers. Both of our Moms are practical and modest; both have their “needs” met. Daughters of the Depression, neither would ever ask for … more. Racking our brains, we created a new tradition: Let’s do [...]
I admit it
I’ve become a baseball junkie. When I wrote of baseball season starting up this spring, what I failed to mention is that my life, my spring, summer and fall life would revolve around it. You see, hubbs is a hound dog about baseball. No games are missed. None. So, by default, so was I. I [...]
Time out
Events of late have left me sad because someone precious to me is hurting. It’s excruciating and nearly debilitating to witness. I witnessed the pain in his eyes as he cried before us, saying he didn’t know how to go on. That he doesn’t know what to do next or how to live his life without [...]
On Mothering
A mom reads you like a book, and wherever she goes, people read you like a glowing book review. ~Robert Brault *** We all need someone who believes in us – someone who sees our potential and who encourages us to keep on going when times get hard. Someone who reminds us of what [...]
Wherever I find myself
“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. ” – Maya Angelou Growing up on a farm, when I wasn’t outside riding, playing or doing chores, I was in the kitchen. Looking back, I spent a lot of time in our farmhouse kitchen: cooking with Mom, reading the paper [...]
