Why should kids have all the fun?
We’d been married about two months when I looked in the newspaper for Free-to-Good-Home cats and found Butler, a grey and white tuxedo boy about nine months old, and the best friend a young, often-to-be-alone, far-from-home gal could have hoped for. I needed a pet. I’d always had one. The year we lived in Australia, […]
Read More An Annual Lifelong CommitmentMy alma mater, Moore High School, organized a homecoming parade every fall. Much like any other high school parade you might encounter it included: the homecoming court in convertibles, the band, school clubs, athletic teams, and livestock. Yes, livestock. I was in the parade as part of the gymnastics team. We wore our leotards, oh […]
Read More I Love a ParadeThe Saturday before my birthday, I took a road trip to Greensboro with my sister, Emilie, who was in town for the weekend. Elisabeth and Rachel jumped in the car with us, and we headed for the Greensboro Science Center, a cool hybrid zoo, aquarium, and museum that is the perfect destination for this challenge: […]
Read More Windows & MirrorsHi, it’s me, your walking nightmare. Andrew, our youngest child and only son, just 25-years-old, died on October 24, 2024. That’s hard to write. It’s harder to say, it’s even harder to believe. I could say he passed away or we had to say goodbye or, I hate this one the most, that we lost […]
Read More Maybe This Should Come With a Trigger Warning For GriefOnce upon a time, a girl and her sister set out on a quest to READ AN ENTIRE BOOK SERIES. The task was arduous and irritating, and although meticulously chronicled, the quest was ultimately abandoned. A new quest was undertaken and it proved to be everything the first quest was not: mythical, entertaining, action-packed. That […]
Read More Better To Have Read and Forgotten Than Never To Have Read At AllI’ve always been more of an individual sports gal. I started gymnastics when I was 6, maybe 7. As a middle schooler, I ran track. Does cheerleading count as a team sport? Or bowling? I bowled in a league as a 6th grader. 100 Things To Do Before You Grow Up encourages kids to think […]
Read More There’s No I In TeamI’ve been trying to figure out how to write about ice cream. No doubt, it’s popular. I’m sure ice cream dislikers exist but they probably keep it on the down-low, tired of listening to people’s shocked exclamations. I happen to be related to someone who doesn’t like chocolate and people are shocked, shocked I tell […]
Read More Two Scoops, PleaseI like lists. On my desk at work I keep a list of things I need to do and another list of things I want to do. I use a grocery list at the store, made from the list of dinners planned for the week. I make and request lists for birthdays and Christmas. I […]
Read More These Are A Few of My Favorite ThingsI’ll admit when I chose this challenge I was concerned I wouldn’t have much to say about such a simple topic: HOW TO PROPERLY SET THE TABLE. Crafting a relevant essay about proper table setting that anyone might find interesting seemed beyond my abilities. What I found was that parental guidance, in regard to manners, […]
Read More The Ghosts of Dinners Past“The existential test of the average person’s life: how to balance comfort and security with continued growth and purpose.”
Read More Waking Up in a Different Time Zone
Before You Grow Up 