Something In The Wind

Do you ever find that a certain kind of weather triggers a memory of a certain time and a certain place?  It happens to me all the time.  The other day, I stepped out onto my balcony, immediately being assaulted by a chilly breeze. The trees were wet and the day was very overcast.  There [...]

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Gone, But Not Forgotten

She was so young, just a girl really, at twenty-eight, but also a wife and a mother.  When she dolled herself up, she had  an old-school kind of glamour and loved vamping it up with red lipstick, flashy jewelry and exotic perfume.  When I’d watch her at her dressing table getting ready to go out, [...]

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“Daddyisms”

My daddy passed away fifteen years ago, but hardly a day goes by that I don’t think about something he did or said.  Just yesterday I was leaning on my balcony rail, staring at the trees, and remembered how flustered he’d get, trying to get his whole family into the car to go somewhere.  He [...]

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Letter To My Sister…

Dear Randi,
Yesterday was your birthday, and the first since you were born that I didn’t buy you a card and presents, since you cut all the ties that bound us together as sisters.
It’s funny how, even now, I remember with such clarity the day you were born.  It was a Mother’s Day and I was [...]

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She Got Her Wish

When my dad remarried, I suddenly found myself with two stepsisters, one of whom I’ll call “Fern.”  Although she was close to my age, I never felt close to her because, even from a young age, Fern had decided her career – being a hypochondriac.  No cut was too small, no ache too insignificant for [...]

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To You, Dad

February 13th was the 15th anniversary of my daddy’s death.  Every year on that day, I take time to remember what a profound influence he had on my life.  After my mother died when I was eight, and before he married my stepmother, we had such a special relationship.  It was much like the one [...]

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Betrayed By My Heart…

Well, I felt that today I was due to write something humorous, or, at the very least, amusing.  After all, things have gotten a bit heavy in this blog lately, what with cabin fever and worrying about my friends and all.  And I know people enjoy my humorous posts.  But, you know what?  It ain’t [...]

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Mothers Diminished…

I know it’s not a new phenomenon, but maybe now that it is affecting my baby boomer generation, I’ve become more aware of it.  I’m speaking of the pain of watching a parent descend into dementia.  I used to never hear anyone discussing it.  Now, three of my close friends are having to deal with [...]

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The Way It Is…

Since my little sister dropped out of my life, you know the first thing I read in the newspaper every morning?  Not sports.  Not the comics.  Not the entertainment section.  Not the headline story.  No, I read the obituaries.
Pretty grim, huh?  But, it’s the only way for me to know that someone I loved very [...]

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A Letter to my Real Mother

My mother passed away when I was only eight years old, but I remember it as if it were yesterday.  I was in the back seat of the car and my mom and dad were in the front seat, and we were all singing at the top of our lungs.  Suddenly, she stiffened in her [...]

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