A Visit to My Parents That Was a Long Time Coming
It’s not like they were going anywhere
I've Just Seen a Face
There is a scene in The Godfather, when Michael Corleone, exiled in Sicily, where he and his two body guards walk along a country road. Suddenly, Michael stops dead in his tracks when he sees a young woman approach. His two bodyguards, on seeing the expression on his face, laugh.
My First Christmas in Heaven
My late mom loooooved Christmas. She always wanted to open a “Christmas” store. In the words of Tom Hanks in “Sleepless in Seattle” talking about his late wife, “Maggie loved Christmas. She made everything [pause] beautiful.”
At Least I Didn’t Name Anyone Alfred
The mistake I would not make with my children
Urban Meyer
I told him that if he doesn’t want to discuss names, the baby would be named Urban Meyer. As a UGA man and active Gator hater, that got his attention. My husband replied, “If you pull that bs, I am renaming the child Bo Schembechler…
Weighty Comments
A person’s comments can carry weight long after they have been said.
A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to a Funeral
I felt fine when I left the house that morning
Big Girl Pants
“I remember when the progesterone a/k/a ginormous shots began last time, I had that date marked on my calendar. It was like a date with doom.” - Guest Blogger KLC
A Date and a Day in History
I knew her flight and arrival time, but for some reason all the Arrival/Departure screens were not working.
The Opposite
For once, I don’t want to be cautiously optimistic? I want to be optimistic – exclamation point! -guest blogger KLC
The Soundtrack for This First Date Was the Theme from 'JAWS'
Dating story by guest blogger Theresa Walters
Maybe baby?
It is not really a pocketful of sunshine. I never pictured becoming a mother to involve so much poking and prodding…um…well, I mean medically. - Guest Blogger KLC
It’s Nice to be Nice to the Nice
Being nice gets you karma points and a table by the beach
Retail Therapy
Guest Blogger KLC: Maybe I learned to deal with grief by retail therapy by example? My dad, at the sake of being childish, “started it”. First, he was the one that loaded my brother and I on a plane to Las Vegas first class for a week after my mom died.