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My cleaning helper. I’m going to tell you a little secret about being a military spouse: I don’t clean up until about 12 hours before my sailor gets home from the ship. Sometimes less. I wish I was the kind of person who wrote out daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning tasks and stuck to them. I wish I could make Martha proud with my good housekeeping skills. But alas, one month ago when I dropped my handsome husband off at the ship, I not only kissed him Continue reading A Love Like This… I followed some of my own advice recently – and it worked out well. The advice: “On round birthdays get outta town!” This year was one of those birthdays and on the eve of the big day Brian and I headed south. I can handle traumatic events much better when I’m warm! Ok ok, so it wasn’t SO traumatic; in fact it was much easier to handle this round number than the one that happened a decade ago. Forty was hard for me; thirty was a breeze and fifty is Continue reading Confessions of a Peace Lover…… 
I was trying to hide. I just wanted to sit and write and not see anyone I knew. That morning I’d had an incredibly frustrating doctor’s appointment that left me with more questions than answers. Leaving the office emotionally and spiritually drained, I decided against visiting my usual writing spot. Instead, I went to the coffee shop across the street from the doctor’s office. I never go there and was certain I’d avoid seeing anyone I knew. After an hour of writing, I looked up and saw a Continue reading Hide and Seek… I was having breakfast the other day with a friend at a wonderful little cafe in town. I sat there thankful for this budding friendship and couldn’t help but think how simply adorable my friend was inside and out. Halfway through breakfast, a waiter came to refill our coffee cups. Or I should say refill her coffee cup. He looked right at her and said “More cinnamon hazelnut coffee, Miss?” She smiled and responded, “Yes please!” He turned away from our table, not even noticing that I was sitting there, Continue reading Overlooked… |
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