At the words, “Want to go for a ride?” I leap at the chance to fuel my love of fast. Confession— the number of speeding tickets/warnings I’ve accumulated over the years just might need two hands to be [Read more...]
Ever notice how the pace of mall shoppers escalates the closer Christmas looms? No leisurely window shopping for these folks. Not to mention the horn honking congestion and zooming to beat someone to [Read more...]
Snowbound in our hotel, we decide to take a drive in ritzy Highland Park, less in curiosity and more about food for our stomachs. With the sun peeking out, we venture forth, layered up like a pan of [Read more...]
Looking at the blunt email with disbelief, I read it again and enlarge the attached photos. How could this happen? The picture shows stacks of boxes for a coffee shop in Oklahoma. My invoice [Read more...]
Who thought a road trip was a good idea anyway? After a 10-day visit from the kids, home was calling. I volunteered to ride back to Colorado with them to help curb the chaos of travel with a [Read more...]
This Sunday smacks me the hardest yet—I’m sad about our Easter traditions. It’s the first time I can’t worship in-person with my church family. And I’m oh so lonely for them. The smiles, the hugs, [Read more...]
Today was the day. I wondered when the shoe would drop. Who would be the first in my circle of friends and acquaintances to sicken…? Who will be the first in yours? The dark missive arrived this [Read more...]
I had a real live conversation with you in the mall last night. Near closing time, the line of anxious children and frazzled mamas had ended. You greeted me warm by your “North Pole” sign. I don’t [Read more...]
And now the funerals begin. I can’t believe ten kids are dead. Again. Mowed down by a troubled peer. Again. And to think I was all set to blog about the royal wedding… maybe later for [Read more...]
The pounds snuck up in a cruel game of mid-life Truth or Dare. Those sneaky ones somehow crept into my middle section and dared me to get rid of them. The kind of pounds that pop buttons, and squeeze [Read more...]