Giving thanks
My family is a collection of characters. They are as unique as snowflakes, no one member is remotely the same. They are all intelligent and articulate, but thoroughly amusing and fun to be around....
View ArticleWhite rabbit, white rabbit, white rabbit
It is the first day of the month, and like every first of the month, the first words uttered in my waking moments are the title of this post. I’m certainly not a superstitious person, but this string...
View ArticleNicknames
I have had the good fortune of growing up with a nickname. It has defined me in a way my given name will never have the capacity of doing. There is not a single person in my life that can recall how...
View ArticleIt’s okay to get stuffed every once in a while
The only thing I hate about a steak and lobster dinner is getting too full to eat any more. ~SS There’s a lot to be said for the joy the holidays bring – or any celebration, for that matter. Whether...
View ArticleThe best of Christmas
Each year, when my father was still with us, he would phone at 6:00 am to wish me a Merry Christmas and get the day started. This year, the lines from Heaven must have been pretty open because that...
View ArticleThe music of my life
I was trying to come up with an idea for a post tonight – clearing the cobwebs in my brain that had been woven during my work day. I like to write about things that have meaning for me, that strike a...
View ArticleSmile, though your heart is aching
Sometimes the people who made us smile the most left us for reasons we will never understand. But we must honor their memory by smiling in their absence so they know we kept the best part of them with...
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