I love to travel, but I always struggle with re-entry on the other side of the trip. Since we moved in June, this is even more of an issue now because coming “home” feels strange. Where even is home exactly? Over the holiday weekend we went to the beach for the first time in quite…
I’ve only visited my dad’s grave a handful of times. I don’t like cemeteries or the feelings they conjure up. But this fall I find myself driving by the one he is buried in on the other side of town once a week to take my middle daughter to piano lessons. A few weeks ago…
My right hand has a slight deformity to it. When I was in the 4th grade I was on a softball team practicing for an upcoming tournament. I was a pitcher, but one warm summer evening we were using a pitching machine for batting practice and I stood in at shortstop. One of our best…
Our wedding anniversary is June 18th, which happens to fall just before or very near Father’s Day every year. These two occasions are forever linked in my mind because when we were married, the day following our wedding would be the last Father’s Day I celebrated with my dad. I don’t remember buying him a…