Every year we transport ourselves from the middle of the country to pretty far down the southeast corner. It’s a huge gathering of family on my father’s side, and my grandmother who is nearly ninety-seven, is still there in the center of it. We left colder weather and left our coats in the car. We…
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to quote the little one, "my back"
I am back again after the second funeral in as many weeks. At some point in the last month or so, I discovered a monthly exercise called “ten on ten”. As I was flying back home yesterday morning, trying to recall just what day it was, I realized that this Friday would be the tenth,…
friday finds: grandmother’s flower garden
This past Monday I lost my grandmother. This morning at my parents’ house I noticed a quilt that I don’t remember ever seeing among the dozens and dozens of masterpieces my grandmother created. This was one of a pair that belonged to my mother and my aunt when they were little girls. I was packing…