Anniversaries, Stripes & Aunt Jemima

I was scared to death of him.  He was the Golden Child, the proverbial Boy Scout, the Good Christian Boy…and it was our first date.     I, on the other hand, having enjoyed my freshman year of college, was settling a bit in my sophomore....
The First Last

The First Last

Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What’s that suppose to mean? In my heart it don’t mean a thing. ~Toni Morrison, Beloved I almost missed it because I was so self-absorbed.   The first...

Fall Break ? Vacation

It's our kids' Fall break this week and while others are sneaking off to the beach or lake or visiting family and friends, we are experiencing the rigors of having a child who's a senior in high school.  What does that mean for us?   Fall break...

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