Last gift

Last gift

by | Jan 11, 2009 | Family, Memoir, Personal

My father was notorious for imaginative gift-giving, particularly in the last years of his life. Rarely the one to act on a suggestion, if he saw something he thought you needed, he’d get it; never you mind, it was something you couldn’t even sell on Ebay!...
Garage talk

Garage talk

by | Jan 11, 2009 | Advice, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal

The memory is chiseled in my mind as in stone.  It was during the season I learned to enjoy my own company, a life-lesson years in the making. Sitting on a park bench sipping a Chick-Fil-A lemonade and reading To Kill a Mockingbird for the fourth time, a cozy blanket...
Art therapy

Art therapy

by | Jan 10, 2009 | Personal, Valentine Tea, Valentine's Day

Chalkboard technique   A darlin’ thank you note & a magnetic calendar   And invitations for this year’s annual Mother-Daughter Valentine Tea Party?  The absolute, stinkin’ darling-est card of them...

Giddy up!

by | Jan 9, 2009 | Blissdom, Blogging

Calls to action, people, and it's not about me.  It's about them.  It's about you.  And…okay…somewhere in there "I am" in it sorta indirectly, but really, it's not about me.  Please read on til the...
Facade

Facade

by | Jan 8, 2009 | 15 Words or Less Poems, Poetry

  Her smile masked a broken battered heart, deceiving no one & everyone but mostly just herself. My contribution for this week’s poetry challenge, hosted each week by writer extraordinaire, Laura...

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