The holidays make loss sharper. The blade twists as the seats at the Thanksgiving table shrink. The head of the table sits empty and the end is graced by the preacher as he alone presides over dinner. [Read more...]
A niece, her husband, my parents, and 3 dogs. That’s it. The whole of the Thanksgiving gathering. So if you count the fur babies, and who wouldn’t, we have 8. Missing my kids, my sister, the [Read more...]
The turkey bakes dark and hot in it’s hidey-hole. No aroma of burnt offerings waft from the kitchen, only mouth-watering promises. So all is well…for now. I’m a second, maybe third generation burner, [Read more...]
My doorbell won’t work. The whole mechanism is only a year old, so what the heck?? Is that why it was on sale for $29.99? Because retailers know you will be buying a new one every year? Which slowly [Read more...]
We live in the land of the "free to work hard and free to shop". Most of us have much more than we need. The extra food we threw away at Thanksgiving is more than some have all week. But unless [Read more...]
The turkey is gone The pies devoured. Memories of a pleasant day remain Talking, laughing and sharing with family. New joys Unexpected sorrows. Sorrows that [Read more...]
Write three things you are thankful for—EVERY DAY for the next week. By the week’s end you will have 21 blessings listed to meditate on in the frenzied coming weeks. Comment, Facebook me, or email me [Read more...]