thoughts from a freckle-faced pisces
Today The Boy Child has completed another spin around the sun and turns twenty two. How did that happen? He was the child that wore me out. He climbed on the back of the recliner, stood on the very top of its back and tried to rock back and forth. He would climb onto the … Read more
While I was at work today, my friend, Carla, left a message. I miss you. I’ve been thinking about you. Give me a call. Sigh. Carla was the first mom friend I made when we moved to Maryland. She and Jim were fellow transplanted Midwesterners who lived a few doors down from us. While we … Read more
The other day I was helping a woman buy a skirt. “This,” she said pointing to her stomach, “this is making me crazy.” I hear ya oh menopausal sister. It’s that. It’s the chin. The flag waving upper arms. The butt. It’s. Everything. Today in the mail I got a catalog called Blair. I believe … Read more
The Queen Mum has some eye issues of late. My sister, who is the Go To Girl For All Things Mom (and who everyone in the family will owe until eternity) took mom to the eye doctor. She said it was like being in the middle of an AARP meeting. Mom had just come from … Read more