Tag Archives: love
Riding Shotgun
Before trading in my 2013 minivan, my husband Dave cleaned it. Hidden in a crevice, Dave found a letter, dated April 1997, from my grandfather. He wrote, “Know that my moral support and love are with you always!!!” I had … Continue reading
Object of Affection
My cast-iron pans remind me of my grandmother. She used them for all her cooking, and I like to think they were the secret to all her good meals. They were the first thing I bought for my own kitchen … Continue reading
Reflections on Children
We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them — Dora Russel ‘The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.’ — Rachel Carson To nourish children and raise … Continue reading
Love
If you want this person in your life, you’ve got to find some way to balance it. I want to get to a place where I’m like, this thing will be here; let me take a minute to be attentive … Continue reading
Todays the Day Celbrate
She wound bright ribbons around her friend’s doorknob. Positioned the balloons in a canopy over the walkway. Tucked a note under the doormat announcing, “You’re ready for this!” She had done what her mother used to do at the end … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 