When I was a kid I checked out a book from the public library about how to do magic. I remember that interest and curiosity waning quickly when no rabbit appeared out of my hat and my parents wouldn’t allow me to have a saw to cut my stuffed animals…
“I’m missing a black sock,” my husband said As we folded and put laundry away I realized then that I too was one short How could we both have lost socks in one day? Weeks later the two have yet to show up They have become part of our history…
When I broke my ankle in three places 25 years ago, requiring three surgeries, it was a difficult time. Titanium parts were implanted, they remain to this day. For years I carried a 4” x 6” photo of my ankle x-ray in an envelope when I went to an airport,…
While having a very late lunch at an Italian restaurant during a day trip, two older women sat at the table next to my husband and me. One had her back to me, the other her side. Their table was tucked in the corner, above them was a television set…
Although I try to live my life with a positive attitude, there are times when being negative is exactly what you want. Like when your mammogram and Cologuard test results come in. #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #humaninterest #life #lifeisgood #lifestories #positivelynegative
While we sat in the waiting room at a doctor’s office, my husband filled out the forms they had given me. All of a sudden, I felt him shaking with quiet laughter next to me. “What?,” I asked. “I just checked “Single” instead of “Married,” he said. Too bad the…
I recently heard a photographer say that you don’t want to crop too much out of a photo, that the subject in its element is important. This made me think about our lives. We are all made up of so many components; it is very rare that any of those…
Love her or hate her, Kathy Griffin has been through it. ⊗ Trump Mask Photo ⊗ Canceled ⊗ PTSD ⊗ Lung Cancer ⊗ Mistake Made By Surgeon Causing Permanent Paralysis Of Her Left Vocal Cord ⊗ Drug Addiction ⊗ Attempted Suicide ⊗ Divorce At her recent “My Life On The…
Working with a new therapist after your previous counselor of twelve years retires is like being on one of those shows such as Married At First Sight. Here is a stranger to whom you have to divulge your innermost thoughts and feelings to with the intention of spending the foreseeable…
My husband and I are huge The West Wing fans (“The West Wing”). In the last 20 years we somehow learned that the late actor John Spencer, who played White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry and sadly passed away during the last season of the TV series, is buried…
