Tag Archives: memories
Rant & Rave
RANT to the skull, skeleton and bone things all over the place. Skulls are gross. The bones of people are on the inside for a reason. The good parts are on the outside. RAVE to those going all out to make this … Continue reading
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
Salvation
Well, I think because with words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So, I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation – … Continue reading
A Ride Home
After my father died, I flew to New York to spend a week getting his home in order. Each day, I filled boxes with his books, my heart emptying with each shelf. Each night, I cried myself to sleep in … Continue reading
Walk of Love
I traveled from New York to Leiden to visit my mother who was ailing with advanced lung disease. On my first morning, groggy with jet lag, I found her at my bedside, holding my favorite biscuits. “How did you get … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 