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Hoarding, buried alive — or in my lamps
There they were again, or maybe there she was. Staring me down as I pulled into my garage this morning. These two lamps were given to me by my late sister probably 20 years ago, just seven years or so...
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A Bittersweet Solstice Approaches. Gratitude Experiment: Day 23
Bittersweet defined is a combination of both bitter and sweet – a feeling that is both happy and sad at the same time. This familiar emotion finds its way back to me each year, just as the first signs...
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The long way home. Gratitude Experiment: Day 35
This post is from yesterday… forgot to hit publish. Once in a while I purposely take the long way home. Usually it happens when a great song is playing and the car windows are rolled down or the top...
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Grilled cheese with pickles. Gratitude Experiment: Day 39
Thirteen years ago today I woke up and started the day with my sister just a few miles away. When I went to bed that night, I no longer had a sister a few miles away, or even many miles away. Still...
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White Christmas Dreams and Santa’s list. Damn that Christmas music. (Grasping...
I know better. I really do. What kind of holiday high was I on to think that turning on old holiday music while I decorated my tree during a Little Red Riding hood visit was a good idea? Being a bit...
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Thinking we were sexy in the blue Berlinetta…
I can see it now. The baby blue interior of my sister’s beautiful dark blue 1979 Camero Berlinetta as she drove us down the turnpike on one of our pilgrimages to our dad’s house when we were young....
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Ten Things – What Christmas Means to Me.
1. Family. This year, like many years of late, we get the extra bonus of having my sweet niece (aka daughter, best friend, sister) here with us. Then on top of that, we get to see some of my cousins...
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Silent in the company of sisters.
At weekly yoga class. Two sisters, there each week. Next to each other, happy and harmonious. Could be twins, alike but different enough. One comment starts the chatter all around the room, How lucky...
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