My husband Steven and our son Alex and I were at one of our favorite summer dinner spots, the boardwalk. We were walking along the boardwalk, watching the seagulls swoop down looking for any food left unattended, when we stopped for a slice of pizza. Sitting down at a table we watched as the lastContinue reading “SPOON PLEASE”
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HIBISCUS FRIEND
I had just gotten home from a week long visit with my sister. While I was back sitting on my porch I couldn’t help but wonder how my North Carolina hibiscus friend was doing. I grabbed my phone to call my sister. “Morning! Do you miss me?” I laughed when she picked up. “I do!”Continue reading “HIBISCUS FRIEND”
STORMS UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST
I was sitting on the porch of my sister Liz’s house in North Carolina when the alert came over my phone. ‘STORMS UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST’. “Oh, no!” I said as I held the phone out to my sister. “I wonder what this is going to do to my flight back home tomorrow?”Continue reading “STORMS UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST”
HIDDEN TREASURE
My son Alex opened the door to the back porch, where I was already sitting having my first cup of tea. “Morning!” He said. “You’re finally able to sit outside.” “It’s beautiful out!” I said as I leaned back in my rocking chair. “I think this is the first time I’ve been able to sitContinue reading “HIDDEN TREASURE”
BUNNY BONANZA
“Hey, there’s a bunny in our back yard!” My son Alex called to me from the kitchen as he was making his morning coffee. “I’m watching one in the front yard!” I called back to him as I sat on the couch, sipping my tea, watching the front yard bunny nibble on some clover. “IContinue reading “BUNNY BONANZA”
LUCK OF THE CLOVER
We were over at my brother-in-law Donny’s house, walking around the back yard looking at all the planting he’d been doing, when I realized we were walking in the middle of a clover patch. I just had to stop. “I feel one in here.” I said looking down. “What?” Donny asked. “She’s looking for aContinue reading “LUCK OF THE CLOVER”
ARE YOU SICK?
I’d just come in from the backyard and I quickly went over to the tissue box on the counter, pulled two sheets out of the box, and began to blow my nose. “Are you sick?” My son Alex asked as he came into the kitchen. “I’m pretty sure it’s allergies.” I said as I tossedContinue reading “ARE YOU SICK?”
WHAT TIME IS IT?
I was laying in bed, reading my book, when I finally got the wave of exhaustion washing over me that signaled I was ready to fall asleep. “That’s enough of that.” I said as I closed my book, put it on the nightstand then clicked off my bedside light. I was asleep within moments. WhatContinue reading “WHAT TIME IS IT?”
EGGSILANCE
I was standing by our dining room table, a cloth in one hand and a spray bottle of Windex in the other, when my son, Alex, came into the room. “What are you up to?” He asked. “It’s that time of year again!” I said as I picked up an alabaster egg, nestled it inContinue reading “EGGSILANCE”
OUCH, MY BACK
I was struggling to get my bags out of the back seat of my car when my son Alex opened our front door and called out, “Are you okay?” “I threw my back out.” I called back having a hard time reaching my purse that was on the floor of the car. “Hold on!” HeContinue reading “OUCH, MY BACK”
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