Going to the pet store has been a family treat for several years. We have a pet, a cat. She is a calico cat. She was born in a cardboard box in a neighbor’s garage. Now I wish I took two or three or more of these darling kittens. So, we do go to… Continue reading BIRD STRIKE
My husband got a new job in a new town. It was a very small town. He had rented a small condominium ranch in a group of about twenty of these. A forest surrounded the condominiums. I drove up from Detroit to this small town. The kids were grown and capable without me. I can’t… Continue reading LOCKED OUT
This is a true story. As a mother of four children who have grown up, I was with one in a big box electronics store recently. He managed to grow up and I managed to survive. I have been in the situation that this father was in yesterday in the computers and tablets department. First,… Continue reading TODDLER TECH TANTRUMS
When I was little, I took ballet classes. I was three! In high school, I had a ballet barre in the basement and every morning I did a full barre and floor routine at six in the morning. I did that because I wanted to become a ballerina. I would slip on my ballet gear… Continue reading BALLET MANIA
I have never shopped for Christmas on Black Friday. This was an internet adventure that has rendered me speechless, to my husband. I told him I was not going to talk to him anymore. That lasted about half an hour. The day started after I asked him where the Christmas catalogs were. “You didn’t throw… Continue reading BLEEP FRIDAY
My mother grew up during the Great Depression. The family was lucky to own their home outright. My mother and grandmother raised chickens and turkeys and grew a large garden of vegetables and a corn patch. My mother worked long hours in the garden and was often outdoors with her brother who was ten years… Continue reading GRUMPY GUS
Our youngest son stayed with us after Christmas in 2019. We had just moved into a new house, and he helped us to make it a home. Frankly, we don’t have the skills nor the manpower to do what he did. He stayed on because of the pandemic. He drove to our Michigan home from… Continue reading UNTURNED SIGNALS
I can remember the metal stroller I was in a walk around the block on a chilly spring day. I can remember picking up our dog Snuffy and putting him in the closet for the day when I was three. I remember my first drink of ginger ale when I was at a birthday party… Continue reading SHORT-TERM WHAT?
I loved Kindergarten. The teacher was a kind woman. The room was huge, at least to me. There was a big bay window on one end with wooden bench seats under it for all of us to have room to sit. Mrs. Johns would sit in her chair in front of us each morning and… Continue reading KINDERGARTEN
My husband and I also had a German Shepherd. The breeder had a strange personality and I wasn’t impressed by the way she kept her dogs. I fell in love with a chubby alpha male puppy. He bit me when I tried to put him to his dog bed in the laundry room. He was… Continue reading Startled
Sharon Clemons 