I have a property for sale on the seacoast of New Hampshire and it’s supposed to be sold by now . . . at least, according to my own personal time table. We’ve done all the right things: fixed up…
Sweet Surrender
I have a bad back. Well . . . actually, I have a good back, it just happens to ‘blow out’ on an annual basis. I’m still not sure when or how to anticipate an episode. Is it related to…
Shut Eye
There’s a simple transition that we make every single day. It’s one we hardly notice at all, that is, until it no longer happens easily. . . falling asleep. Ah yes, that happy journey over the edge of consciousness, drifting…
Sleeps Seven
On any given evening, I might have 5 kids, 3 kids, 2 kids, or no kids sleeping in my home. That’s how it is to live in our blended family. Each of these four potential arrangements has such a different…
Wonderful News
Almost three years ago now, I began telling friends and family that I was getting a divorce (and furthermore that I had initiated it). There was a mixture of predictable ‘horror’ responses that fell into one of three categories: tragedy…
Waiting to Die
Harold* is waiting to die. There were six of us at his bedside in the county nursing home, leaning toward him singing softly, “Amazing grace . . . how sweet the sound . . . “ Tears in his eyes, he…