During the time my father and I rented a townhouse together, I was playing in a band called “Restoration” with Harley Wong, Perry Melynchencko, and …
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The Color of Contentment
How do we achieve contentment? People have asked this question since the beginning of time. Families that live in mansions are sometimes miserable, while the …
Read More »Missing Holiday Traditions
What’s your favorite thing about Christmas? Is it the fresh smell of sugar cookies? Or the sight of sparkly snow and frosted window panes? Perhaps …
Read More »A Time for Every Season
The past two weeks have been a season filled with loss, tragedy, and heartbreak. First, my boyfriend’s uncle passed away. Next, I received news that …
Read More »Goodbye Kathryn
I was upset for days after she died of Covid. I shouldn’t have been. I never met her or heard her voice. I only knew …
Read More »Scrapbooking
I tried and failed at scrapbooking. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy it and not that I didn’t buy all the supplies (yikes!), but I’m …
Read More »To Those We’ve Lost
Oh Lord, we ask you with all sincerity to preserve the precious gift you gave us, the gift of life. It is so precious that …
Read More »After the Virus
Will I remember with fondness the days I woke up side by side with my husband, both of us staggering to the kitchen? Him making …
Read More »Pictures of Memories
Worn postcards, old stamps, stained love letters – we’re all collectors of “things.” Items that hold sentimental value are often put in a box for …
Read More »Treasured Recipe Cards
The old family recipe box sat on many a kitchen counter during our childhood. It was usually messy and overflowing but your mother wouldn’t hear …
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