Seeing those baby girls.…alongside my grown up daughter….and son—it was impossible not to think back, and hum a few bars….. Is this the little girl I carried? It’s been that kind of weekend. As proud parents (and sentimental slobs), my ex and I exchanged a lot of glances behind their backs, marveling at the two […]
Thank heaven for little girls
One thing I missed by not going east this week—is seeing my niece’s identical twin girls. So I’m thankful that Thanksgiving week brought two new little girls into my family circle on the west coast. I’m related to Willa by divorce— H and I split up years ago but never split up the connections with […]
beyond my control
For reasons beyond my control, we’re not making our annual pilgrimage to the east coast for Thanksgiving. I’ve been hearing from my sister and her family how much they’ll miss us. And while I’m sure they mean it, there will be benefits to our absence. Mostly financial——without me and Daniel around, they only need to […]
Having said that…..
The cure for the soul isn’t always in your hands. Sometimes it’s in your funnybone. Even though there are times when you have to look really hard to find it. When her husband was deployed for 15 months in Iraq, Alli had a secret weapon: Jerry Seinfeld. She went to bed with him every single […]
Hands on
Finally—it’s not about food. Though I’m writing this after spending the day in the kitchen baking ten loaves of pumpkin bread. I used to be mystified when I’d hear people claim that baking or cooking is how they “relax.” Were they kidding? All I got out of today—-if you don’t count the calories—was what I […]
Getting pumped
Not that kind of pumped: MY kind of pumped— as in pumpkin bread. Yeah, I’m talking food again. Can’t help it; it’s that time of year. Just a few days before Thanksgiving; by now my sister’s already baked and frozen a dozen loaves of pumpkin bread. The first one is always waiting when […]
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