I often get up at three a.m. with a headache.  There is never so much as a children’s chewable aspirin in the house to help me out.  When I do not have a thing in the house to take for a headache, I get a headache.  When I have not cleaned the house for two… Continue reading Basic Training

I have to start decorating for Christmas early.  It is not happening at all this year, due to an unscheduled trip to south Florida to spend quality time with my ninety-one year old father-in-law.  We drove.  I have advise to give to you.  Don’t drive from the far north to the deep south in the U.S…I… Continue reading Christmas Light Fight

Years ago, my mother cooked her last Thanksgiving turkey.  I did not send her my holiday letter that year because she was “in” it, in all her holiday glory.  I roasted her with the turkey that year. Her neighbors photocopied the published article and hustled to my mother’s house to share it with her. Later… Continue reading The Incredible Shrinking Turkey

It is the last day.  Our last son is heading out in an overloaded car to California.  We have four grown children.  I lay in bed last night and remembered how unprepared I was for his arrival.  It’s nothing compared to how I am unprepared for his departure.We live in Michigan.  California is a long… Continue reading Leaving The Nest