“May you never be too grown up to search the skies on… Read More
Class Reunions In Midlife…Do You Love Them Or Avoid Them?
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. –Nelson Mandela     There was that moment, as I held the invitation to my 40th high school class reunion in hand, when I thought, how have I aged? After all these years high school insecurities still exist. Why?… Read More
Lipstick Story: A Midlife Woman’s Miss And Tell
Red lipstick, the color of blood on a white T-shirt, was my mom’s favorite. She rarely wore makeup in general, but lipstick was an exception. Whenever she left the boundaries of the farm she’d pull the silver tube from her purse and swipe on a layer of waxy red beauty. It was her touchstone to womanliness in a field of… Read More
Mom and Sex Before Marriage…
My mom, as I stated, was complex. She embodied innocence and wickedness in one package. Although Mom and Dad tried to hide it for many years, the undeniable fact that my oldest brother showed up six months after their wedding vows more than implied there was some canoodling before marriage. Not a socially welcomed outcome circa 1953. After the wedding,… Read More
Sweet Memories
I stood in line at the checkout counter juggling a ten-pound box of Milk Bones and several other bags of dog treats. Yes, I should have grabbed a cart. No, I didn’t intend to buy an armful, but there I was. The man in front of me was cranky. He wanted to know if the child’s toy he was purchasing… Read More
Ambush Smiles
Do you ever come across something while you’re supposed to be doing something productive, and get lost in a memory? For instance, let’s say somebody whose name rhymes with “Sail†is cleaning a closet. (I know, I know. My closets hold their clutter like a pregnancy in its twelfth month. Just go with me here and stop rolling your eyes.)… Read More
