Month: June 1999

In the beginning we had everything figured out: We would buy a carpenter’s nightmare, live in it as we fixed it up, sell and buy a better house. We stayed 10 y ears — did the dining room twice, the kitchen floor three times, resided the porch and then enclosed it. The realtor assured us…

Many people go to the dentist and doctor’s offices for medical reasons. I go to read the magazines I am too cheap to buy. With a twice yearly visit to the dentist’s office, a yearly physical, a stop or two at the hospital lab and a couple other professional visits I fill my quota of…

Folks get so excited about babies. Before my first son was born, the church women planned a get together to eat food prepared by a missionary from Lebanon. I knew I wouldn’t be going. My oldest stepson had a Cub Scout program that evening. I had to go to the Cub Scout banquet. My husband…

I was just getting comfortable with being a grandmother when I learned I would be a great-grandmother for a week. Our granddaughter’s health teacher assigned her students to carry a 5 pound sack of flour around for a week, interacting with it as if it were a baby. Our granddaughter chose the option of combining…