They were a despised minority in a third-world country. The father of three died very young, leaving his wife with tiny twin girls and a pre-schooler. The struggling young wife became overwhelmed and lost her sanity. The pre-schooler was taken in by an aunt who cared nothing for her and treated her like a…
Author: Grandma Grace
Later
Dear Husband volunteered to help plan his high school 50th reunion scheduled for this Fall. One of his duties is to contact classmates to tell them about the reunion. Catching up with folks he hadn’t had much, if any contact with, for fifty years has been enlightening. While searching for a former classmate, Husband visited…
Negative Nelly
“I never got Rice Krispies,” whined Negative Nelly. I was shocked that these snarky words jumped out of my mouth during an innocuous family conversation about cold cereal. Indeed, negative words tumble of my mouth with little provocation. Husband had said that as a child, he was allowed to eat Rice Krispies sometimes because…
Dream Killer
I gathered up my courage and braved rush hour traffic in the city to attend a workshop a few days ago. Holding up her smartphone, my instructor said bluntly, “This is a Dream Killer.” She had been exhorting us to work hard and be disciplined in our pursuit of excellence. Reminding us that we have…
Listening
This weekend we were privileged to visit a landscape like no other we’d ever experienced. Steep mountainsides cut with waterfalls and topped with glaciers. Bare rock peaks wrapped in mist dropping into turquoise lakes. Not one peak, but hundreds standing shoulder to shoulder in every direction. The wind and the wildness pressed into us. There we…
Appointments
Click, click, click, click. Today was a beautiful morning and my car windows were down as I drove into the little town five miles from our house. Uh, oh, I shouldn’t be hearing a click with each rotation of the tires. Better pull over and see what’s going on. There were plenty of parking spots…