Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Friendship
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For several nights I've been scanning and scanning pictures…dozens of pictures depicting a rite of friendship that is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year – my annual Lago Women's Trip to Port Aransas. My friend Nancy asked for the photos months ago – she wants to compile a scrapbook. I jotted it on my list…"photos to…
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The weatherman told me this morning it would be another 100+ day, so as soon as the sunlight brushed the hilltops, I stepped outside and called the boys for our walk. Frankie was ready, but Max and Charly were no where to be seen. They'd had the same idea as me, apparently…Walk early, before the hollow…
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"My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue…an everlasting vision of the everchanging view. A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold. A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold…" Carole King's words touched something inside me the first time I heard them thirty-eight years ago, triggering a longing for richness, depth…
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I've been floating along on a cloud the past two weeks, blissfully free of the normal structure in my life. My brain needed the break – it's good to shake up routine every now and then. The problem is I lost track of time and let a dear friend's birthday sneak up on me. I remembered…
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I'm stepping from the swirl of extreme emotions that have marked this week to think of my friend Leslie. Today is her 50th birthday and I hope she's having a wonderful day, despite the deluge of sadness flooding both the headlines and our friends' Facebook pages lately. I'm sure she is. She is off with Clive, celebrating in style in California…or…
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"It is the familiar that usually eludes us in life. What is before our nose is what we see last." ~William Barrett, American philosopher and professor. Relevant words, especially for these days…celebrating fathers, remembering a friend's son, and looking ahead to when I really take Kendall to college…in only a few short weeks. These are hectic, heartbreaking, busy…
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The minute I set eyes on my firstborn, I felt that fear…that pain of imagined loss. Until I was a mother, I didn't have an inkling of the kind of fear a parent lives with every day – the death of your child. But it is born along with your baby and you carry it with you long…
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"Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold.A circle is round, it has no end.That's how long I will be your friend." -from the Brownie Friendship Song In 1977, we had no cell phones…no email…no Facebook. After high school graduation, I stayed in touch with a handful of people via corded…
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Like a rollercoaster ride, this week has had highs, lows, and white-knuckle moments. There were times when all I could do was close my eyes and hang on, waiting for the weekend, optimistic it would be another good one. The week started on a definite high – Kendall's graduation…a house full of family and friends helping…
Long Hollow 