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There is so much to go through. A Dear Reader is packing up a lifetime. There is so much to give away, to sell, to find a home for, and sometimes to just let go. There’s the dining room table, the scene of a lifetime of joyous gatherings. None of her kids have the room or the need. Such tough choices And so, she will let it go. There are the folders and file cabinets.
I lied to my husband this week. Which sounds awful and horrible. Judge me, if you must. But first consider this: It was all for a good cause. And, And, He told me to. How we got to the lie It was one of those mid-January snowy gray weekends. Both daughters are gone. Just Husband, Pup, and I at home doing the kind of chores and tasks no one wants to
There was a perfectly good explanation. Daughter would call it horrifying. It started out simply enough, as these embarrassing stories often do. Somehow, Husband and I convinced Daughter to take a walk with us last weekend. We leashed up the pup and headed out. Hiding the house key Because we wanted to travel light, Husband hid our house key under an outdoor couch cushion. When we got back from the walk, Husband picked up the
How did women without children get left out of the celebration? With all due respect to us mothers, I’m not sure how we ended up with this day to celebrate only women who have children. Women are creators and nurturers. This expresses itself in different ways. To my fellow mothers, you have a whole card aisle and the world to tell you how magnificent you are. To you, my fellow women who do not have children, I know some of
Where do you stand on black jelly beans? You’re either going to be with me, Or vehemently, “Get out of my house now!” against me on this one. In this divisive era, Where Republicans and Democrats can’t govern, When Easter and Passover fell on the same weekend, Where there is only one way to feel about the New England Patriots, I have found a topic more divisive. How could something so little,
Funny thing is I had no idea this was a problem As marital disagreements go, This was one I wasn’t expecting. It popped up on a typical weekend day for Husband and me, sitting side by side at our dining room table. I was puttering away adding uplifting and positive news stories to my website. Husband was busy creating our next travel adventure. “We might be going around the world on Emirates Airlines First Class,”
