Year: 2017
Not a creature was stirring…
It’s beginning to look like Christmas… Okay, who am I kidding? It is freaking Christmas! The tree is decorated, and the stockings are hung. School is out. We’ve already logged several hundred miles in the minivan visiting family and I’ve consumed more than my… Continue Reading “Not a creature was stirring…”
The Whole Kitten Kaboodle
Some day we will both look back and have to laugh We lived through a lifetime and the aftermath But this is the time you’ll turn back and so will I And those will be the days you can never recall There are moments… Continue Reading “The Whole Kitten Kaboodle”
Chase the Sun
Time. It’s a funny thing. 60 seconds to each minute. 60 minutes to each hour. 24 hours to each day. 365 days to each year (a bonus day even if it’s a Leap Year). It’s so… measured and predictable. The Earth spins on its… Continue Reading “Chase the Sun”
Small Great Things
If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. ~Martin Luther King Jr. I just finished one of the best books I have ever read. Small Great Things, a novel by best-selling author Jodi Picoult. It’s poignant, complicated, informative, and powerful. My colleague… Continue Reading “Small Great Things”
My Light and Love
I don’t know if I’d say today is fascinating, but I do find it very interesting. As I sit here at my kitchen table, the house is peacefully quiet. Outside my window there are blue skies, sunshine, gorgeously-blooming red bud trees, and birds chirping… Continue Reading “My Light and Love”
Every Day I’m Struggling
This weekend was daylight savings time. It’s a full moon. They are calling for snow. If you’re on the Atlantic coast, those also apply to you. Zoom in on Google maps to my little slice of small town Virginia. I’m a single mom to… Continue Reading “Every Day I’m Struggling”
Onward and Forward
I originally drafted much of this on November 9 — the day after the 2016 presidential election. I finish it tonight—January 10, 2017—following President Obama’s farewell address. I want to quit, I do. But I won’t. Instead, I’m going to write. But I’m going… Continue Reading “Onward and Forward”
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