Last year, we put our American flag out for Memorial Day.
The holiday came and went, and the flag stayed up. It looked nice there on our porch, next to the front door and the strawberry planter filled with impatiens.
Plus, with everything going on in the country and world, it just felt right to let it fly.
I’m writing this on Tuesday morning, the day I usually publish a blog post each week. I’ve gone back and forth about posting something this week. It’s the time of month when I usually share my Four Somethings, but over the last several days, more pressing matters kept taking precedence …
I eat the same thing for breakfast and lunch almost every day. I like what I like, what can I say? I’ve learned to be flexible over the years, to drop my regularly scheduled activities when something urgent comes up. For the most part, though, I do the same household …
Over the last few years, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to share some of my struggles and concerns with an older friend. I appreciate her wisdom, transparency and willingness to encourage me, even when it involves talking about things she wished she had done differently as a parent. I remember …
We’ve lived in our home for almost 11 years, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that I finally got around to planting some evergreens along the back fence. I don’t know why it took me so long—indecision, probably, caused by too many choices combined with a lack of …
This week before Mother’s Day, I’m revisiting a regret-filled childhood memory that I now see in a completely different—and more grace-infused—light. • • • Let’s say you are the only person in the history of the world who was so embarrassed by your mom in fourth grade that, when she …