Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
My family knows the way to my heart. Probably because they ARE my heart. So, in a year in which I told them emphatically and sincerely not to get me any birthday presents, they brought me a homemade loaf of a beloved bread, baked in a tiny apartment kitchen and carried 1,182 miles; a fresh [...]
I moved to a foreign country yesterday and I don’t speak the language. But, I’m learning. I’m taking deep cleansing breaths and learning. A lifetime Android user who politely shrugged off her children’s pleas to move to Apple-town for the past 21 years , I finally, secretly acquiesced. I thought they would all be thrilled [...]
Our daughter Molly regularly makes magic from the mundane. Armed with her grandpa’s vintage wicker tackle box, she forages much of her food from around her neighborhood. What makes this habit of hers even more impressive is that she lives in the heart of one of the midwest’s largest cities. She finds extraordinary treasures in [...]
One of the best things about being the mother of the groom is that you get to dance with your son at the wedding. One of the worst things about being the mother of the groom is that you have to dance with you son in front of a room full of people who have [...]
I think front porches are the Eastern European grandmas of summer. They invite you in, sit you down, encourage you to sip a cool drink, enjoy a snack and have a good, long chat with your neighbors. I often think about our front porch and the book it could write. For 91 years that porch [...]