Month: December 2018

  • KFC here we come!

    “If you die before me, I am going to go to Kentucky Fried Chicken every Monday for their special,” my husband confided I knew exactly how to respond. Years before he had said, “When my mom dies, I want her balance beam doctor’s scales.” I bought him a medical scale for weighing himself. His mom…

  • A Grinch-y attack on Christmas

    In this season, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” will be read or viewed as a movie innumerable times. Dr. Seuss’ classic story portrays a creature who had a heart too small. He did not like Christmas, the noise, the presents or the feast. Why, he didn’t even like the roast beast. After 53 years of…

  • The phone rings

    Never ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for retirees. … not exactly what John Donne said, but it’s close to my reality. I do not ask for whom the phone rings, I already know it rings to remind me of a medical appointment or it is a telemarketer, a fundraiser or some outright…

  • That Mom

    Standing at the counter signing her child into the Mother’s Day out program my daughter Sharon met a flustered mom who declared, “I’m sorry my daughter looks like a mess. She slept in until 8:15. We had to hurry, so I did not get her clothes ironed before she came. Today I am That Mom.”…

  • Red Neck Christmas and more

    Some events hubby begs to attend such as the Finney’s Christmas Wonderland in Crossett and the Red Neck Parade in Monroe, La. He found both while surfing the Internet. I agreed to go if we could check off items on our ‘to do list’ while near each. Tuesday, a few friends accompanied us to Finney’s…