Every year when the summer heat beats down without relent in Oklahoma I look forward to school-supply shopping with my granddaughters. They love it. I really love it. Not just for them, but because I have an “addiction” to office supplies, pens, pencils, paper, notebooks, binders, planners, dividers, and reinforcements. I volunteer at my granddaughter’s…
Father’s Day is the day we all celebrate and remember our fathers. Our dads, our daddies. For me it is always a sad day. I try to get through it for my husband and sons, but my thoughts are on my Daddy.I hope that each of you has fond memories of your father. I hope…
A Short Story–Deceptive Beginnings included in this post. Wandering and Wondering with Words May newsletter and a tribute to mother’s. For me, March is always the month I can’t stop thinking of my mother and her love. She died in March, 1997 at the age of 65 and I miss her everyday. I think of…
I imagine each of us can be transported back in time to memories of our first love regardless of how many years has passed. For me, it’s been more than 50 years. I’m not talking about crushes or the people we “went with” for a class period, a day, a week, or a month. I’m…
