I’m trying out something new: a weekly theme. Just one day a week–to see if I like it. For me, this theme is incredibly rich with possibilities. I can’t begin to recount all the times in my life when I’ve begun a sentence with the words: “Do you think I should be worried about…..” When […]
The perfect present
V and I went to a movie tonight and ran into another couple we know who were seeing the same one. Afterwards we joined them for coffee–and found out it was the husband’s birthday today. That could never happen with me. Maybe it’s because since cancer I feel so lucky to get every additional year of life—but I require a […]
Spousal Support
I started writing about my ex-husband H as soon as I started blogging. And I haven’t stopped since. But he never said a word until yesterday when he made his first comment on either of my blogs. You can find it here. His comment has nothing to do with clutter, and really nothing to do with the item posted. But his comment has everything to […]
Why cry
I cried when Alli and her husband left here to drive back to Texas. I used to cry every time I had to say goodbye to my kids, but I haven’t done that for years and I’m not sure why I cried this time. Maybe because I have no idea when I’ll see them next […]
the kindest cut
My younger sister got married and had kids way before I did. We didn’t live in the same city, but I happened to be in town visiting when their first child had her hair cut. Rachel was around 2, and she sat in the chair and sobbed. I found it so painful to watch her sobbing that […]
Chill out
It’s not even New Year’s Eve yet and already I need to revise my list of resolutions. I thought I was all set this year; I felt really good about my list. But today it suddenly became clear that I need to add something. In fact this is useful not only for 2009 but for […]
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