Every time I try to set aside time to write lately my minds starts whirling and I can hardly sit still. Maybe we’ve all lost some degree of focus and our sense of control in recent months, control we only thought we had in the first place. So much uncertainty looms in the air. Will our kids go back … [Read more...]
The first fifteen
Today marks our fifteenth wedding anniversary. The weather outside looks and feels strangely similar to what it was like on June 18, 2005 — partly sunny and unseasonably cool for mid-June in the South. When I look back at pictures I can remember a number of little details about that day, things like … [Read more...]
Porches, people, and our place in this world
I sat on our back porch last night trying to figure out how to write a blog post as if it was the first time I'd ever done so. Written words don't come easily these days. Plenty is happening in the world around us, but I don't often write about newsworthy or current events. I presently live in a … [Read more...]
Looking for light
I sat alone in my car in a Panera parking lot with a cup of warm potato soup today. The familiarity of that place (a parking lot near my children’s school) and that lunch (a favorite on dreary days) made me almost feel normal. But life is still anything but normal. I was in that particular place in … [Read more...]
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