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The Fat Lady Has Sung: Part I
We have a five-foot-by-three-foot mirror over the double sink in our bathroom. My husband was correct when he said the mirror would make the bathroom look bigger. Needless to say, I wasn't too keen on the idea, when he suggested the addition as part of the remodeling...
Things I’m Grateful For Tonight
So I haven't taken the time to write a post... Or, as my thirteen-year-old son said about a week ago, "I haven't found the time." HA! On the heels of the time post, no less!"There is no such thing as 'finding time.' Time is. You must take time to do things you need to...
The Healing Power of Solidarity
“What are you reading?”The question elicited a smile from me. “A smut magazine,” I replied to my friend. “I usually don’t buy this stuff.”“I know that.” That’s why I’m surprised,” my vacation buddy said.“I know, but it had Sandra Bullock and Elizabeth Edwards on the...
Do-Overs
I had nearly completed a post earlier today, when I accidentally deleted the text, while typing a new word. As I watched the letter "r" appear in the blank box, I saw the "saving..." notice at the bottom. My index finger dove for the escape key. Success was not to be...
Taking Time
Three weeks since my last post.Countless notations in my calendar: “Blog.”Thousands of minutes sucked into some ethereal vacuum.Hubby and soon-to-be-graduated son out of the country.Meetings/planning/work for graduation event for said son.Mother flew in from...
Oliver’s Story Retold
“What would God want with a twenty-four-year old? A young man that has—had—his whole life in front of him?” A man sitting next to me at a committee meeting posed the question to the woman in front of me.The boy he referred to recently died in an accident that involved...