“Honey I’m home!” Kisses and hugs occur at this time, followed by… “What did you do today?” It is at such moments that I struggle to know what to say. I believe the common perception is that since I am a college student I sit around in my pajamas sipping tea… Read More
The years they keep a coming…
“What’s a bread box?” I still remember how shocked I was when a year or so ago my daughter asked me that question. In my youth we had a deluxe, double decker, metal bread box sitting on the counter filled with Wonder bread. By the way, the polka-dotted bags were not high on style but they made good boot liners…. Read More
Reining pennies….
“I just got word that we won’t be able to start cleaning until 10:30 p.m., so find something to do until then.” Those weren’t the words my husband and I wanted to hear, but then again, we weren’t surprised either. For the past ten years or so my husband and I have volunteered, along with other members of our church,… Read More
Tangled by choice…
The red web spread across the floor like lacey blood. “Booker! NO!” He stopped ripping at the plastic mesh long enough to see if I was serious. Last Christmas our tree came bundled in a stretchy mass of red plastic. After we unleashed the tree in our living room my husband was going to toss the netting,… Read More
Dream Weaver…
“You didn’t sleep well last night, did you?” said my husband during his usual lunch break phone call home. I hadn’t realized it was so obvious, and apologized for any loss of sleep my restless tossing had caused him. “I had a nightmare. Sorry.” It seemed like so little to say considering the depth of my reaction the night… Read More
Forced peace…
My spiffy Audi TT is in the shop today. Some weird electrical disruptions were causing my baby to malfunction in humorous and vexing ways. It was getting to the point that I’d do a happy dance if the trunk opened on command. Note to self: standing in the grocery store parking lot with four bags of food makes the… Read More
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