If April Showers Bring May Flowers, What Do April Snowstorms Bring?
A white winter wonderland greeted us this morning. It’s April 9 and snow covers my newly reinstalled patio furniture. Snow…
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What’s at the (Greek or Latin) Root?
“Mom, will you quiz me?” I recognize the look. It’s equal parts despair and panic. It’s 7 am on a…
Here Comes Heart Month: What Does That Mean for You?
“I like your logo” is something I hear a lot. I appreciate it every time, not because it is part…
Parenting Life: Walking the Tightrope Without a Net
A river of SUVs winds through the neighborhood streets. I wait amongst them in the pickup line outside my daughter’s…
Molting
“Stop it, Mom! You’re freaking me out!” my daughter yells. She’s seated in the driver’s seat of my SUV. Today…
Lighting Candles
Today would be my Mom’s birthday. Eighty-five, I think. I’ll have to calculate to be sure. She’s been gone so…
Thank You, MAM
“I always get these,” my sister says. She passes me the phone-like interpretive device she collected from the smiling, white-toothed…
Trust the Journey: video
I’m trying something new.
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Update: Everything Must Go
Last year about this time, I shared the story of saying goodbye to life-long summer neighbors. (Read the essay here.) For…