I’m a very old-fashioned girl. My husband comes home from his primary job to turn around and commit his evenings to freelance work, so I try to do the whole June Cleaver thing: make myself look decent, have the house clean, have dinner ready to go on the table, and have his glass of tea poured when he walks in. I (more…)
Of Zombies and the Walking Dead
A year and a half ago, I developed an insistent pain below my right ribcage. I had a gut feeling the problem was my gallbladder. Sensing it would mean an interruption to my life, I ignored it until I couldn’t. So last Wednesday, the surgeon excised the offending organ.
It was a zombie. It was functioning at 0 percent. Zero. You’d think (more…)
The Man in the Mirror
Most women don’t enjoy looking in the mirror. It’s a necessary evil, something we do with a corrective eye. Tweeze this, cover up that, straighten this, add color to that. If only we had so-and-so’s eyes! If only we had so-and-so’s hair! If only we had so-and-so’s body!
I’m guilty as charged. Born with very distinctive coloring and features, I spent most (more…)
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!
It’s good to be back with you after several weeks of nonstop activity. Life has been forging full-speed ahead, with or without me, and it’s been a fun and eventful ride.
With the onset of summer, I entered a new season of life that has brought many changes – some physical, some psychological, some a medley through whose ingredients I’ve yet to (more…)
When It’s Time to Detox
So far this year I’ve had to say goodbye to a friend (see Feb. 24 post) and now an uncle. Miss Pat and Uncle Don lived their lives to the fullest. Church will never be the same without seeing Miss Pat in the choir loft, and our family’s lives will never be the same without seeing Uncle Don at my aunt’s (more…)