Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
My daughter in-law hosts a raucous dance party every night. She and her tiny co-host grab their mop microphones and let loose across the dining room floor. "We're going up up up, it's our moment. You know together we're glowin'. Gonna be gonna be golden." A DGA member in the midst of demanding career she [...]
I counted my blessings yesterday as I celebrated Mother's Day with my mom. It isn't just that she can still hang, it's that, 61-years after giving birth to me, the woman is still my mother. "Your piano needs to be tuned," she called out from my living room as she played a few songs. "I'm [...]
Al fresco season blew into Wisconsin on a charcoal-scented cloud this weekend and we all -- traveling troubadours, weekend skippers, ATV drivers, backyard barbecuers, Timber Rattler tailgaters, cabin cleaners and Midwest munchers -- dusted off our picnic tables and bellied up with glee. Food tastes better when you can eat it outside. Music sounds sweeter [...]
Mother’s Day can be a minefield for almost anyone involved in the foster care system. The trip wires are there – the handmade gifts, the Muffins with Mom, the poignancy of a day that celebrates something people desperately want but can not always achieve. A handful of dandelions or a picture drawn with a fat [...]
I visited my friend Trina on the day she passed away nearly 12 years ago. She looked at me fiercely from her hospital bed and said, “I don’t want to die.” Had I not been overwhelmed by the sadness of the moment and the absolute finality of our time together, I might have responded more [...]