“Attention Shoppers!” Black Friday has come and gone. Of course I mean the actual day after Thanksgiving Black Friday, not the Cher Farewell Tour-esque string of Black Fridays that have been happening since the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas (Movies) in July. If you’ve felt like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day for months, now you know why. Were … [Read more…]
Today would have been my mom’s 89th birthday, this year falling the day after Sweetest Day. Funny that I’ve never noticed that connection before, as I always think of her on that “holiday.” Flashback to about 40 years ago. I was dating a predecessor to my husband, and we stopped at my parents’ house the … [Read more…]
My mother gazed at her great grandson – just a fuzzy blob in the middle of an ultrasound picture – and without looking up from it said wistfully, “I wish I could be here to meet him.” But what she had said wasn’t nearly as heartbreaking as the end of the sentence she’d left unspoken: … [Read more…]
I find it interesting that milestones divisible by five seem to hold more importance than all the others. Been married 39 years. Ho hum. Been married 40. Let’s have a party! I guess it’s the same for sad anniversaries, too. The tug on the heartstrings seems a little stronger when 5 or 10 years have … [Read more…]
How fitting that the fourth anniversary of the day my mom died, March 8, 2015, was International Women’s Day, which is set aside to celebrate the achievements of women around the world. And while the world is recognizing the legacies of gals like Sandra Day O’Connor, I’m taking time to reflect on the legacy of … [Read more…]
Halloween was two days ago, which means two things: 1. My sugar hangover is almost gone, and 2. In about 10 minutes it will be Christmas. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, because, even though the song is probably already playing on the radio, in my opinion The Most Wonderful Time of the Year … [Read more…]
We B Late? Huh? I struggled for a long time trying to come up with a name for my blog. Coming rather late to the party as I am (more about that later), it seemed all the clever play-on-words names were long since taken. One great suggestion came from my daughter Sammi’s beloved, Sean. He … [Read more…]
