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Tag: Life
Our book club recently read the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Less by Andrew Sean Greer. It was a…
Beliefs are an amazing thing. Though intangible, they have a weight and power all their…
I remember when we picked him up. After months of looking, we found him at…
The summer before 5th grade, my father took me on a week-long backpacking trip in…
I have a confession to make. I have a box in my garage that I…
In a couple of weeks, my daughter will begin her senior year. Stamped in my…
When I was a little kid, I felt strangely like two different people. In retrospect,…
It was a spring, Saturday morning in Georgia. My father must have been away on…
I’m starting with the really big questions this week, which always seems to coincide with…
Being a mom is a humbling experience. I have learned more from my daughter in…
I have been reminiscing a lot lately. I am not sure if it is the…
Sometimes things just happen, good and bad, that you just can’t predict. Despite my propensity…
This morning I awoke before my alarm. I rolled onto my right shoulder and felt…
I was invited to a birthday party yesterday. I never pass up a birthday party. …
When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things was spending the night…
I was two months into my first year in a new school when I found…
In the fall of 1988, I started my teacher training at Seattle University. Armed with…
As I was driving home from work tonight, Corey Hart’s Never Surrender came on. You…
My daughter missed her dentist appointment this week. In general, she is a very responsible…
I am going to preface this post with “No children were harmed in the making…
Over the course of this week, as we prepare to celebrate my dad’s life, we…
I think at the end of a life, it is the little things you remember…
I have never been one for New Year’s Resolutions. I think it might be my…
A couple of years ago, all of my sisters descended upon the eldest’s home in…
Before the digital age of photography, we printed our pictures and mounted them in albums.…
I think people fall into one of two categories naturally. Oh sure, people can change.…
Last night I went to my favorite Christmas party. I have been attending this party…
I am a very competitive person. Now, I know what you are thinking. You’ve heard…
I have lived in the shadow of the Cascades for most of my life. Slogging…
I love school. I love it so much in fact I have spent 42 years…
Last weekend, I found myself once again standing in the middle of a bridge at…
When I was a little girl, my father gave me a copy of Marguerite Henry’s…
Twenty-nine years ago, I was a student teacher in my home town. As you can…
I think this is my very favorite picture and that is saying a lot given…
I think in just about every situation we can learn something. It has been my…
When I was a kid, my dad gave me Masterpiece for my birthday. It was…
Last Sunday morning at 0530, I found myself next to an empty field on the…
I like really old stuff. I have so much antique glassware my husband recently told…
Confession time. I was a science major. There, I said it. It’s out. What a…
