I recently played a word association game called Bye Felicia with a 12-year old boy I know. The idea is to write down as many related words to an assigned topic as you can think of in 30 seconds. One of our categories was “Things you can open and close.” I chuckled as I wrote [...]
Editor’s note: For the past five posts, I’ve been writing about C. Clyde Squires’ five stages of love, in honor of my great grandparents, Amand and Estelle Fey. On last Monday I covered Mother Love. Wednesday, I wrote about Puppy Love, Friday was Accepted Love, Monday I featured Binding Love and Wednesday I honored Undying Love. Today, I have a bonus love [...]
I have a hundred Valentines. I'm sure you do as well. They pump me up on tricky days and make my old heart swell. I call them partner, child and friend and sometimes stranger too. My Valentines are anyone who brightens my world view. I’d send them all a Hallmark card or fancy chocolate heart [...]
Love and Salms filled a beautiful old barn yesterday afternoon in Freedom as our friends Bob and Gail celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The whole event felt like a giant family hug. "How'd a guy like you ever land a cute bride like that?" my husband Vince joked. "I drove a cool car," Bob answered. [...]
On Saturday, I became a mother in-law, a role I'm relishing with gratitude for the beautiful young lady who gave me that title, love for my expanding family and laughter because, well, I'm a mother in-law. Mwah ha ha ha. My son Vinnie met his bride Danni at an a capella competition, which is a [...]