Oh Thanksgiving weekend, how I love thee!! It’s an exceptional time of year – where the temperatures are warm in the day and just chilly enough in the evenings to inspire campfires! The leaves have changed to their beautiful fall oranges and reds. And it’s a time to start a slow-down. For someone like me,Continue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”
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Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part
I have this recurring dream. It’s night time. I’m treading water. I know I’m very far away from shore. I can’t see land anywhere. I am alone. I’m surprisingly not scared. I know how to tread water, I remind myself, as I begin to move my arms and legs in a rhythm that keeps myContinue reading “Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part”
“We don’t have sisters, Jo Ann…”
About a month ago my good, old friend said to me, “We don’t have sisters, Jo Ann. We need people at different phases of life”! That was when I was in the middle of a battle royale with an infection that started in a failed root canalled tooth and spread to my face and neck.Continue reading ““We don’t have sisters, Jo Ann…””
Mother’s Day Pity Party for One
Mother’s Day is complicated. I always wanted to be a mother. But, like most things in my life, I expected I would never be afforded the opportunity so I would pretend I never wanted them; to protect myself from the hurt when they never came. I had a friend in high school who once jokedContinue reading “Mother’s Day Pity Party for One”
