Month: October 2016

The cooler fall weather calls the the grandchildren to come out and play. Even10 month-old Katie whines when she has to come inside for a diaper change. “She cries every time I close the backdoor with her inside,” her mamma said. When I visited, the baby stood in a red plastic wagon watching the other…

It was the best of all times. It was the worst of all times. And, Debbie Kelley can not remember anything that happened on Christmas Eve 2014. She knows she gulped yet another round of pain killers before driving to town to buy rum and diet coke to get through the day. The next thing…

“Look a deer!” and our car slows as if we have never seen deer standing beside the road. I’ve seen plenty of deer out in the wild. I barely look **really**. My husband points with excitement every time. As did our German visitors when they followed us home from the airport**,** and we passed a…

He stretched out on the couch, remote control in hand and turned on Monday night football. “You aren’t going to watch the debate?” I asked this guy who will discuss politics at the drop of a hat (and football, too for that matter). “No. I know what they are going to say.” I looked at…

The wheelchair and walker have left the house. The disappearing cane forces me to hobble around searching for it. Back on my feet and walking,­ well, okay, limping ­ I definitely have reached the end of my intense, initial phase of healing after a complex fracture of my leg. I still enjoyed a few at…