I learned when I was about 10. My Daddy taught me. We taught those boys when they were even younger. I remember now...the secret is in the stone. The fun in the search and the importance of [Read more...]
The view is spectacular, thirty-thousand feet above home. The sun creates the illusion of pristine snowfields Abruptly ending in a dark abyss below. As we fly over the darkness, [Read more...]
Some days are for forgetting. Some are for living to the hilt. Some are for searing your memory with remarkable souls that make you want to be better. Claudine was one I was honored to [Read more...]
I can feel it in my right shoulder Never the left. That tightness, that tension, The slow burn. Slowly, slowly building day after day, a fierce grip of anxiety. It always [Read more...]
We arrived on a Sunday and I was amazed that the streets were almost totally devoid of traffic. I asked Jamie about the lack of cars. She said it was partially because it was Sunday, but also [Read more...]
The bad news that started us out—a cancelled flight and re-route to Istanbul, Turkey—landed with us. (See March 21, 2015 blog post.) We finally arrived in Kilgali, Rwanda, Sunday morning instead of [Read more...]
How can a flight just cancel out of thin air? No snowstorm, No ice, No mechanical problems, Just an email notice blaring. I should have checked sooner I guess. But with the rush to get [Read more...]
For a few weeks every year the world seems to transform itself into a different place. Its a little kinder, a little more giving and a little more loving. The focus makes a slight shift from our [Read more...]
The laden stores display their wares The windows wink and smile Luring, cajoling, enticing. Want, Want, Want. Television commercials swirl Prices slashed Best deals here Better deals there. We are the [Read more...]
Voices hum, Laughter splatters, But not for us. We sit quietly, just me and Mom Alone in the buzzing family room, Waiting. For that nurse to call us, for that one last kiss before [Read more...]