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The Red-Violet Crayon
A few days before Christmas, the kids and I drove an hour away to the assisted living facility where my husband’s grandmother lives. We...
Dec 24, 2020


Great Grandpa
This pandemic may be called many things—scary, inconvenient, ill-timed, unprecedented. As a mom to two graduating daughters and two...
Jul 17, 2020


Roller Coaster Ride
You inhale deeply as you approach the wooden archway. A voice from the speaker above you and to your right is midway through its...
May 3, 2020


Birdsong
We sit on the front porch—my son and I—as we quietly wait. Our lunches sit atop two T.V. trays. We slap our arms when we feel a bug come...
Aug 18, 2016
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