Monthly Archives: October 1999

When I wasn’t looking, I became middle-aged. I first noticed I was middle-aged in a picture taken of my backside as my granddaughter toddled beside me in her new Sunday dress. I recognized those legs and the hang of the … Continue reading →

The thing I remember about parenting young children was the absolute belief in the simplest things. When one of my now grown sons was a child, Band-Aid could fix everything. He needed Band-Aids for every cut, scrape or scratch. I … Continue reading →

The nest can’t be very empty when the answering machine is full of messages. After and evening of teaching a Family to Family class a couple weeks ago, I had a couple messages on my answering from my children. I … Continue reading →

We were doing the Sunday morning rush. Start dinner, push my grade school step-sons to get dressed, clear the breakfast dishes and set the dining room table for dinner. I checked the potatoes, snapped the tablecloth across the antique oak … Continue reading →