Month: November 2006

The hit song, “My Boyfriend’s Back” began playing in my head the day my husband popped out of bed in the pre-dawn hours and started dressing. “Why are you up so early?” I yawned. He’s retired – he doesn’t have to clock in anymore and everything he wants to do can wait until after the…

Thanksgiving approaches – and the craziness begins – this year focusing on the release of the newest electronic game the Sony PlayStation 3. When Best Buy in west Little Rock, Ark. announced it would have games to sale on Friday, Charles Healy showed up Wednesday afternoon and stayed through a night of cold, wind and…

Three months shy of her second birthday, the youngest granddaughter toddles after her older siblings and parents eager to be included, copying their every word and deed. Saturday’s chores included raking up a few wheelbarrows full of leaves. She watched the older children scoop up leaves to toss them into the wheelbarrow. She bent over…

Air travel leaves my heart racing. I gasp for an anxiety free breath. I’m impatient with anyone around me. All that before I ever board the plane. Last week’s trip tallied up as one of the worst. Earlier this year, we missed a flight because we tried to check in three minutes after the airline’s…