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“Hey, I just got a message from Erica.” my husband Steven handed me his phone so I could read the text: “Hi Uncle Steve! I always think about Aunt Kathy’s oatmeal cookies and how I used to bake them with her. It’s really one of my favorite memories. Is she willing to share the recipeContinue reading “COOKIE RECIPE”

I was curled up in a chair when I felt a blanket being placed on me. Startled, I realized I’d fallen asleep and sat up. “What time is it?” I looked at my son Alex who was still in the process of covering me. “It’s only six thirty.” he said. “I thought you were tryingContinue reading “SWEET DREAMS”

“Can somebody help me please!” I called from the top of the attic ladder. My husband Steven came around the corner from the kitchen holding a plate of Thanksgiving leftovers in his hand. “What are you doing?” he asked. “I was looking for some help bringing down the Christmas decorations.” I was sitting on theContinue reading “DECK THE HALLS”

I came hobbling into the house from the backyard, slowly making my way to the kitchen sink, when my son Alex came in the room and looked at my dirt covered hands. “What have you been up to?” he asked. “I just finished planting the 60 daffodil bulbs your Dad and I bought a fewContinue reading “BULB PLANTING”

I was in bed, half asleep, when I heard our bedroom door open. “Are you going to work?” my husband Steven whispered to me. That had me bolt upright. “What?” I looked over at the clock on my bedside table. “Oh my gosh! I should have been up an hour ago!” “I was wondering whatContinue reading “WAKE UP”

It had been a busy weekend morning and my son Alex and I were just finishing up our walk. As we headed back to our car I realized I hadn’t been to the grocery store yet so there was nothing in the house to eat for lunch. I turned to Alex as I clicked myContinue reading “FAST FOOD SQUIRREL”

I was about to walk out my front door, carrying all of my work bags, when I noticed my beautiful purple chrysanthemums pots, at the bottom of my front steps, laying on their side with half of the flowers chewed off. “Oh, come on!” I cried as I dropped my bags in the hall andContinue reading “MUM NIBBLERS”

My husband Steven and our son Alex and I were walking into the house after an afternoon visit with Steven’s brother and his family. “I love visiting Liz and Donny!” I dropped the two packages of parsley seeds on the coffee table. “I feel like Donny’s our own family horticulturist.” I was still nibbling onContinue reading “FAMILY HORTICULTURIST”

“Don’t forget your water bottles!” my son Alex called from the kitchen as I was headed out the front door for work. “Oh, for the love of…” I put my bags down and went back to the kitchen to pick up my two insulated water bottles from the counter. “I just finished filling them too!”Continue reading “HYDRATE”

My son Alex came into the kitchen as I was busy beating some eggs in a bowl. “Oh, good! You’re up!” I held out the bowl for him to see. “Do you want some eggs for breakfast?” I went over to the sink to peek inside the watering can I was filling to see ifContinue reading “THREE CUPS YOU’RE OUT”