Dear Debbie: I have been reading your books for as long as you’ve been writing them and once I get one in my hands, well, what vacuuming and making dinner? A few years ago I woke up to find myself blind. There was no warning, no diagnosis to let me…
Specialty Of The House: Laughter
We have a busy week and so I have planned quick meals for dinner. I now share with you the conversation that took place this morning as I ate my breakfast and my husband prepared to leave for work: Me: Stouffer’s lasagna okay for dinner tonight? Him: Sure. Me: (jokingly) Great. One…
A Vicious Spin Cycle
Even though I am home during the week, I still do laundry on the weekend. The habits of 25+ years of working die hard. Yesterday afternoon, while folding the wash, I was hit by deja vu and struck by the thought that we have clocks and calendars on our mobile devices,…
Easy, Breezy, Beautiful
All relationships require work, but I was thinking today how my closest friendships are easy. That doesn’t mean we aren’t committed to each other or that we don’t put effort into making time to spend together. We also use the awesome technology available to us to keep in constant touch….
Give Me Enough Rope . . .
Do you find it odd that I asked my husband to cut me 10′ of rope and he didn’t ask why? As you can see, he cut it. No questions asked. (Rope may appear in different formation than originally provided due to author’s right to poetic license.)
Strangers In The Night
Every few months I have a dream that someone is standing over me while I am in bed. It is so scary and the nightmare jolts me into instant awakedness. It takes a long time for the pounding of my heart to calm down and for the rest of me…
All Charged Up
Wouldn’t it be great if we all had a low battery indicator alerting others when our energy was depleted and all systems were soon to shut down? Disagreements and health issues could be averted if we were presented with data that we were in need of a recharge. Some people…
