My 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Woodham, was a saint. She loved to teach and I loved her. She had a delightful laugh and you could see the joy dancing in her eyes when any student accomplished a skill she was teaching them. All we had to do was stay within the lined paper when we […]
I was having lunch with some old friends not long ago. These were OLD friends. By that, I mean we’ve known each other all our lives. We literally grew up together. As expected the table conversation centered on our past. There were a few recollections that were painful but mostly our memories of those days […]
It was a first for me. Last week I was brushing my teeth. (No, that’s not the first I’m talking about.) I was halfway through my Quad-pacing Sonic Care regimen when I looked in the mirror and saw two hyper-blue marble-sized eyes looking back. I was being watched. Crosby, my 18-month-old grandson had slipped into […]
I actually saw a sitting American president once. In fact I was almost close enough to touch him. But there were big men and black suits I was sure would try to stop me. It was 1978 and Dennis and I were in Washington, D.C. for just a little vacation. On Sunday morning we attended […]
If you’ve been following me on this search for the next perfect spot just over the horizon, you may think that I’m leading up to a killjoy quote or philosophy. That I’ll say, “stop and smell the roses,” “bloom where you’re planted” or “be thankful for what you have” instead of dreaming and aspiring to […]
A few months ago, our oldest son, Mark, told us that a new stage musical he had co-written was going to have its first “reading” at a small theater in New York city where he and his wife, Kelly, live. The show is called Garage Band and one of the actor/singers who would be in […]
Our son, Mark, was almost three years old when his brother, Drew, was born. After a couple of weeks of the baby’s colicky nights and fretful days, Mark announced, “That baby is making me nervous.” We were all a little unnerved and exhausted at that point. But one afternoon when I was finally able […]
Dennis and I play a four-hand, one-piano duet of the classic “Sleigh Ride” every Christmas. The tradition began many years ago when we were to perform at a ladies’ Christmas luncheon. We weren’t really great then (even after a lot of practice) but we’re really not good now playing it only once a year for […]
There was a book by Dr. J. Allan Petersen entitled The Myth of the Greener Grass. Its subtitle is: Affair-Proof Your Marriage, Restore Your Love, Recover Your Dreams. From its title and subtitle, you can guess what it’s about. It’s full of case studies of marriages that were in trouble or failed and why. The […]
“The grass is always greener over the septic tank.” Erma Bombeck So why do we long for that which we do not have? One theory is that we are just built with restless spirits, that we are “prone to wander” as one hymn writer put it. And the theory is perhaps true to some extent. […]