Forty-nine years ago this week my mother died. She was only 55 years old and I was 16. A few days ago Husband was asking me questions about the events around her death when the tears started flowing. (you can read more here.) I’m always shocked at the raw emotion I still have about her…
Category: Relationships
Toy Story
Husband’s mother has a bin of toys tucked away in a closet just waiting for little guests. Having something to occupy visiting children makes for more peaceful adult conversations. Seeing the wisdom in this, I decided to buy a new toy for an upcoming family get-together that pre-schoolers would attend at our place. But guess…
True Love
Two heart-wrenching phone calls in one day. A marriage flying apart. An engagement languishing. We ache from a deep place inside. Sadness wants to swallow us up. We flounder in a pit of sorrow. Is there something we should do? How do we think about this? Did we contribute to these sad situations? Soul searching,…
Dust to Dust
“I know what we can do. We’ll get more cats,” quips Husband-the-cat-‘hater’. I have to chuckle through my tears. Another crisis, but we’ll live through it still married. Sanding dust covers everything. The plywood base for countertops was perfectly cut and attached to the new base cabinets, then puttied and sanded. The sanding dust hangs…
Scammed
So, a scam artist took a sum well over our monthly income and didn’t give us anything. Yep. Just took our money and ran. Well, he didn’t even bother to run. He keeps trying to string us along. For a month he promised to bring the cabinets we had paid half down on, but, of course, never…
Valentines Idea
Perhaps you’re trying to think of something to give a special one in your life at Valentines. If you have a spouse, you’d like to express your loving appreciation for their big part in your life. Maybe you have grandkids that you’d like to remember with something special. But nothing you can buy seems quite personal…