I switched bookshelves and in swapping the books over, I came across a journal I started when my husband moved out the first time (2011 for those keeping score). I didn’t read the whole thing, but the entries I read seemed like something that happened to a person I knew …
I don’t know why I worry about getting old. One of my first jobs after high school was working in a retirement facility- mostly the skilled nursing level. That could be it. I am really close to my Grandparents and have watched them age and all but The Grandmas, pass …
Today is Grandparents Day. I have been richly blessed in the Grandparent department. Here are just a few memories: Great Great Grandma Ross– We called her Ma. She had snow white hair and the thickest blackest eyebrows I have ever seen. Indomitable is usually thought to be intimidating, but she …
I feel the time has come for a new post, but can’t think of anything that is ready for a whole post… And some things filling my mind, aren’t ready to be shared. So?? I’m just going to meander… There’s a fire in Gold Country right now. It’s bad. Grandma …
It is well established I love words. In person, I am a talker. And in the written form- well, I guess this blog would be Exhibit A. And, of course, The Roaring Redwoods (Amazon). So there you go. I love words. I liked writing from an early age, but- like …
Today Little Sir especially wanted his dad to pick him up from daycare. It wasn’t his dad’s day to do this and they just had a visit yesterday, but it’s how Little Sir felt. And he cried. Big heaving cries. That’s the thing that’s hard about divorce with kids: you’re …