I want to tell you the sweetest little story–literally since it involves cookies! It doesn’t really have a moral or an eye-opening epiphany; it’s simply a story for story’s sake because sometimes we all need a little ‘sweetness’ in our lives. I hope that’s okay with you!? I went away this weekend to a women’s …
I’m probably the only idiot in the world that actually pays attention. Like clockwork, a flight attendant dutifully stands up front with an emotionless countenance belied by the utter boredom in his/her eyes and trudges through the required safety demonstration with practiced if not efficient monotony. But you can hardly blame them. All around me, …
Time is to marriage as running water is to a mountain.
It doesn’t stop for anyone or anything and can slowly but surely, almost imperceptibly, chisel away at the tiniest cracks in the foundation until they widen and become insurmountable chasms. Over time, it can destroy the tallest mountain, create gaping canyons, and alter the landscape until it is virtually unrecognizable.
Dear Pilots, With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, men everywhere will soon be searching for that perfect gift that says ‘I love you’ to that special lady in their lives. Florists, restaurants, and chocolatiers are rubbing their hands together in eager anticipation of the mad rush to prove that ‘she matters’. Retailers already have …
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Every day the little plane flies swift across my screen, a tiny version of you marked upon the map in green. I watch it as it tells me where you’re headed; where you’ve been. My prayers I send to godspeed you and bring you back to me again. Another life I would not choose if …
Real. Raw. Me.
Let me tell you about my day. Last night my husband flew out. He was only home for 24 hours then gone again like jet exhaust in the wind, which is pretty much the holding pattern of our life over the last six months. Gone 7-14 days; home long enough to wash his laundry. Somehow …