Yesterday George, Jacob, and I drove to Dallas with plans to have dinner with my parents, my sister Lois, and Luke & Sarah. We told them to expect us around 6:00, but we left home early enough to get into town by 4:00, allowing time for a visit with Tyler and Tiffany Martin and their […]
The Road to Happily Ever After Read More »
Hello, WordPress, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again. (Simon and Garfunkel anyone?) To those of you who’ve stopped by the past couple months to see if perchance you might find a new post, thank you for not giving up on a very distracted first-time grandmother. True, while reveling in all things
Gah! I’m so behind on blogging, if I wait a little longer, maybe life will lap me and I can just fall in step and pretend I kept up all along. (Don’t question my reality. I’m comfortable here.) Meanwhile, to grease the wheels, here’s one quick story and a couple of fun links. First the
Mysteries of the universe and other things that crack me up Read More »
I recently wrote a short story for a contest. I didn’t win, but I’m glad I wrote it. The process took me on an interesting journey of the soul. If you stop by this journal with any regularity, then you know I’m turning 50 this year. My parents are healthy, but showing signs of their
Short, but more than enough Read More »
I’m in Dallas today. Luke flew into DFW from Chicago yesterday, and my nephew graduated from UNT in Denton with degrees in creative writing and music this morning. We attended the ceremony, which was as pompous and circumstantial as you might imagine, but Luke kept it interesting. Let’s begin with his fashion choices: brown quick-dry
Irksome Verdant Turbulent Birds Read More »
Hospital shows have been around forever, from the long-running soap opera General Hospital (my babysitter used to watch that when I was a kid; is it still on?) to ER to Scrubs to Grey’s Anatomy. I confess I’ve not watched any of them, but apparently they’re very popular and successful. So, maybe I should jump
ICU. (You may want to fasten that gown.) Read More »
I’m about to disappear for a while. (Wouldn’t it be fun to really disappear for a day? — to walk around unseen, listening to other people’s conversations, finding out what they say about you when you’re not around . . . or, um, on second thought, never mind.) Anyway, back to my original topic. March
I just read the following e-mail from my mom: “Today Dad and I went to see the new Will Smith movie, Hitch, and the model that looks like you had a starring role as an heiress. Her name is Amber Valletta, and she is a super-model. I looked her up on the internet, and the
Why God gave us mothers Read More »
As I mentioned in my previous post, George, Jacob, and I had lunch with my parents Saturday. We told them we were coming to Dallas to shop, but we didn’t tell them what we planned to buy. After we sat down to eat, Mom asked me what we were shopping for. A note of explanation
Hmmm. Now where did I leave that whip? Read More »
The wind is howling outside this evening. I love it! I had an adventure with wind before I was born. Actually, my mom had this adventure, if you want to get technical and literal and such. I just happened to be inside of her at the time. My sister Lois was two. Dad, a law
After all that, she still met him for lunch. Believe me. This explains a lot. Read More »