It feels like this cycle has become our way: She does well, she is smiling big, she talks freely about her day, but then the tendrils of anxiety start to edge out of the dark cracks, and try, once again, to ruin everything. Before long we are back...
We both have old eyes, eyes that have seen too much. Sad brown eyes that glint with golden flecks – when the sun hits them just right. And, our hair. goodness, do we have great hair. People assumed that because we both looked back at them with...
Yes, it’s a new year, but it has been a worn-thin last couple of days. Keep going, keep doing, act like I can handle everything. So many emails from the school, jolting along in a covid test pick-up lane, hearing, “What’s the name of your student?”...
I cannot exactly say that I am surprised. One of my very first memories is of the time our pet racoon got out of his cage, and roamed free. I was probably only a toddler then, but have a very vivid memory of watching it grab a banana for itself and...
I had asked her to come to have someone to talk to that didn’t only want to talk about details of what their coins bought on their video game. My friend, Lisa, sat next to me in the recliner. I hadn’t even gotten myself dressed that day. She jumped...
I’ll open an umbrella inside or stroll under a ladder without a second thought. I don’t have lucky socks or a special game day jersey. I am pragmatic to a fault. However, when it comes to flipping the calendar from the tenth to the eleventh month, I...
I saw a meme the other day that said, “It’s almost time to spend three days in the kitchen so the kids can eat this:” It then showed a picture of a single dinner roll. I laughed, and passed it on, knowing it was true. It garnered many likes from all...
Bob and Mary are in the kitchen cooking Scones! Making scones is even easier with the special recipes from The Scone Goddess. Grab a bag of mix from the Bob and Sheri Shop today.
I took my daughter to buy basketball shoes the other day. I had researched them, attempting to ascertain not only what was the best shoe for the price, but also which ones were popular right now. When I asked her what kind she wanted she shrugged...
Maybe you, too, wash the same exact dishes you did two days before, Hang up the same towel, Sweep the same floor. Maybe you wonder sometimes if anyone sees you at all; Your presence like a ghost they pass through in the hall. Giving your days over...