Tag Archives: love

My Husband’s Late Wife

I like to think we could have been friends. She gave birth to two boys. Years later, I handed them lunches in paper bags when they walked out the door. I attended parent-teacher conferences, baked apple pies for Pi Day, … Continue reading →

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The Sugar Fairy

Our sugar bowl is small, glass and always magically full. My husband jokes that there must be a sugar fairy in our home. Sometimes, when the bowl gets a little low, he gives me a knowing smile and wonders aloud … Continue reading →

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Parenting

No one…who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly reaslise what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents. – Suzanne La Follette If God were a woman, She would have installed one of … Continue reading →

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Cupid Launches a Cannonball

While the other Ph.D. students chatted — dryly — around the pool, Noel sprang headfirst into messy dives, off-center flips and drenching belly flops. He then dragged an 8-foot long inflatable whale under the diving board to land astride and … Continue reading →

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Possibilities

The difference between the impossible and the possible is determination. Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, … Continue reading →

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