This is Your Personal Shopper Calling.
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
That's what I say to my friends now when I am out shopping, and I've found something they are looking for. How do I know that's what they are looking for? Because they've told me, that's why. They do that a lot now that I'm not working and, let's ...
Eddie Mike
posted over 2 years ago, updated 7 minutes later | 2 comments
My cousin Eddie Mike was a terror and all of us cousins feared him. We loved his parents. Uncle Harry, one of my Mom's brothers, and Aunt Patricia were fun and loving people. Uncle Harry always had an impish gleam in his eye and was a wonderful st...
Another Sadness
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
My Uncle Frank passed away yesterday. He had been in the hospital for several weeks. I'm still not clear on what was wrong, but I know he had terrific care. Two of his sons are physicians and one of them works at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. ...
And Then There Were Two
posted over 2 years ago | 5 comments
My brother passed away yesterday. No, not the good brother. Not the brother I fought and played with growing up. Not the brother who called me at least once a week when I was going through the divorce. Not the brother who lent me money during the ...
THE (APRON) TIES THAT BIND OUR HEARTS
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
(This is from an e-mail that I sent to family and friends on Christmas Eve)
Today was make cranberry sauce and bake pies day as it always is on the eve of a holiday. This Christmas is particularly poignant as Mom’s passing is so recent. As I ro...
Today was make cranberry sauce and bake pies day as it always is on the eve of a holiday. This Christmas is particularly poignant as Mom’s passing is so recent. As I ro...
Old Dog Learns New Tricks!
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I've only been out of the classroom for 2 years but that's a long time when it comes to new technology. My former school has had computers in the classroom for a long time and they have been a lap top school for at least 8 years so I was used to t...
R. I. P. You Good Old Cat
posted over 3 years ago, updated 1 day later | 2 comments
It's so difficult to make that decision to have a beloved pet put down. I'd had Tex since he was a kitten. I was his people. "A Momma's boy" is how my sons referred to him. He was truly a gentle giant...not fat, just big boned! At one point he wei...
Father's Day is Bittersweet
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
Father's Day, followed by July 1, Dad's birthday, are times of reflection for me these days. Dad passed away in March of 2001. I feel I was just getting to know him again when he passed away.
I know I disappointed him at times. I think I'm the on...
I know I disappointed him at times. I think I'm the on...
I've Lost My Mother
posted over 4 years ago | 4 comments
January 6, 2008
Today is the day I realized that I had lost my mother. Don’t get me wrong. I know where she is physically. Mentally she’s pretty much here, too, but something has happened to that part of the brain that acts as a governor to censo...
Today is the day I realized that I had lost my mother. Don’t get me wrong. I know where she is physically. Mentally she’s pretty much here, too, but something has happened to that part of the brain that acts as a governor to censo...
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL-2007
posted over 4 years ago | 0 comments
For the second year in a row, I am at home rather than standing in the doorway of room 207 welcoming my sixth grade homeroom to their last year of elementary school. I was always amazed at the changes that took place over those few weeks of summer...
