Today is my mother's birthday. She would be 93 years old. It's been 8 and half years since her death and I am through the grieving process; but not through missing her. I am not sure I will ever stop missing her...or my dad. They are so much a part of me, of who I… Continue reading MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY
I have now been on three cruises and next summer I will do another; but I have been doing road trips for most of my life. As a child I traveled from one end of California to the other and roamed all across the Arizona desert. Our home was on the Colorado River in the… Continue reading ROAD TRIPS
What can you say about the day after Christmas? When my children were young it was a day of stepping over new toys, or watching them through the kitchen window playing in the yard or the street in front of our house. For my boys the cold was never a hindrance to playing outdoors. They… Continue reading SO IT IS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
When I was a little girl we lived on the desert. I had never seen snow. It was just something I read about in books or saw in movies; so Christmas didn't mean snow to me. It got chilly, but there wasn't any snow, not even any rain. Most of our trees resembled Charlie Brown's… Continue reading SIMPLE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Fourteen years ago we welcomed my daughter's second baby girl. Five and a half months later, she left us behind. I visited her grave this morning, like I do every year on this day and the day she left, and put a small bouquet of flowers from my yard on her headstone; flowers from my… Continue reading WHEN DEATH COMES TOO SOON
I've never been a big fan of the ocean. I grew up in the middle of the California desert...not on it's coast. When I was a child we wandered all over that desert and I loved it. The ocean was intimidating to me. Then one day my sister decided she wanted to go to England… Continue reading GOING ON A CRUISE
So...I started a blog. My primary goal was to explore memories of my life, my family and our travels along life's journey. It started with finding a large cache of my mother's writings. She was a prolific writer and wrote something nearly every day of her life. The box I was given held journals filled… Continue reading MY MOTHER’S CHRISTMAS WISH
I like to crochet. I like to write. I like to do little sketches, nothing big or especially good, but I draw little sketches in my notebook at church, or in my sketchbook when I have a visual idea I want to try to record. These are things I like to do just because they… Continue reading CRAFTS
Christmas is almost here. The tree is up and decorated; decorations have been placed all over the house. Shopping is done. Presents are wrapped and under the tree. Presents that need to be mailed are on their way. Plans have been made, and changed, then remade. It's not as hectic as it used to be,… Continue reading CHRISTMAS
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