“What’s wrong with all the pumpkins on the front steps?” My husband Steven asked as he walked in the front door. “What do you mean, ‘What’s wrong with them’?” I asked. “They look like they’re melting.” He laughed. “They’re a little misshapen.” I agreed. “But that’s what makes them so beautiful.” I smiled as IContinue reading “CHARLIE BROWN PUMPKINS”
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WEB OF STEEL
My son Alex and I were taking a walk through the woods in single file on a narrow path with me in the lead. “STOP! STOP!” I screamed my arms pinwheeling around my head. “What’s wrong?” Alex asked taking a step back and looking around to see what had me so upset. “Spider web!” IContinue reading “WEB OF STEEL”
WHO’S KNOCKING AT MY DOOR?
It was first thing in the morning and I was rushing around the house trying to get ready for work. I grabbed my bags and water bottle off the chair and headed to the front door calling out “Good-by!” to whoever was in earshot when my son Alex came around the corner. “Be careful! There’sContinue reading “WHO’S KNOCKING AT MY DOOR?”
CHEESE TAX
“Winston’s here!” I called out to my husband Steven and son Alex as I stood by the front window. Our friends were going on a trip and we were going to be dog sitting. I watched as Winston came trotting up our sidewalk, pausing a moment to get some momentum up, before climbing our frontContinue reading “CHEESE TAX”
SPECIAL DELIVERY
My phone chimed that someone was at our side door. “Are you expecting someone?” I called to my son Alex as I picked up my phone to see who was captured on our Ring doorbell. “No.” He called back. When I looked at the camera no one was on the side porch. “That’s weird.” IContinue reading “SPECIAL DELIVERY”
YOU’VE GOT MAIL
I had just finished addressing an envelope to my sister. The stamp was already attached and as I stood up from my chair, licking the envelope closed, I began walking towards the front door. My son Alex caught up with me when I was halfway out the door. “Where are you going?” He asked asContinue reading “YOU’VE GOT MAIL”
ODE TO THE DAY LILY
O fleeting flame of summer. At the end of spring you burst open- One bold flare in a sea of green, Your orange petals whisper heat As the school doors sigh and close. My son Alex came out on the back deck where I was sitting in a rocking chair, my laptop open and restingContinue reading “ODE TO THE DAY LILY”
BLUEBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
I’d been fighting a tickle in my throat for days when I came out to the kitchen to see my son Alex standing at the stove making scrambled eggs. I started to cough in the crook of my arm. “The pollen is still bothering you?” He asked as he opened the drawer next to theContinue reading “BLUEBERRY FIELDS FOREVER”
EMBRACE THE POSITIVE
I was sitting on the couch scrolling through my phone. I’d just finished watching a video on how to make crock-pot shrimp scampi. “That’s a keeper!” I said to myself as I tapped the arrow to save the recipe to my messenger. “What’s a keeper?” My son Alex asked as he walked into the room.Continue reading “EMBRACE THE POSITIVE”
911 – WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY
I was in the middle of a dream when my phones wake up alarm went off. I was still groggy as I fumbled to reach for it on the bedside table. I turned off the alarm and was trying to put it back on the table when I missed and it clattered to the floor,Continue reading “911 – WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY”
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