I baked these pumpkin muffins this morning. They’re sitting on this old marble washstand I bought in 1992. I got it at the old Spivey’s Antique Store that used to be on May Avenue off Northwest 23rd Street here in OKC. I was married to Juliette’s dad then. In 1998, a year after she was […]
Latest Find: St. Therese Painting for Juliette’s Room
This is my daughter Juliette’s room. We’ve been working on it for quite awhile. It’s hard to believe she is 17 now, and before long she will not be sleeping in this bed anymore. She’ll be off to a world of adventure at college. Wow!! The picture that now hangs above her bed is an […]
If You Could Have Only One Memory What Would It Be?
In order to write your memoir, you must first know how to remember. If you could have just one memory, what would it be? Here is mine. I am 29-years-old and six days from 30. I’m on my side in a hospital bed. I white-knuckle the rails and sweat like a pig. The nurse points […]
What are tears of grace? I wondered.
There were four of us huddled together in the same bed. Two of us were crying and two of us were not. Someone said, “Don’t Cry.” But, someone else said, “Don’t Stop.” And, then: “Let them cry their tears of grace.” I wondered what it meant and then I found: “Let us ask the Lord to […]
Field Journal: Week 47
I want to live an honest life. Writing helps me neutralize my shame and face my failures so they don’t control me. I need to write to be healed, one word, one post at a time. Kurt Vonnegut said, “Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the […]
The Teens Were Nestled All Snugg in their iPads
I received an invitation from Snugg to choose a leather iPad case to review on my blog. I hate doing product reviews, but they had me at leather. So, I chose this apple green leather case that is super, super nice. The Snugg makes me not hate product reviews, probably because I really, really like […]
Falling Leaves in Oklahoma
There’s not been an autumn when so many yellow leaves have fallen and still so many green leaves were left on the trees. Winters can be pretty brutal in Oklahoma. We’ve been known to have horrible ice storms. Spring can be scary, too, with all the tornadoes. And, there’s been a couple of summers in […]
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