Have you ever received a love letter or written one to someone? Many movies are based on letters they find in the attic or from a grandparent to enhance the plot. Historical writers research old letters in archives to help them write historical fiction accurately. We like to receive letters but, like most of us,…
Category: Family
Regrets when life ends unexpectedly
Regrets Left Unsaid. My sister left this earth in a flash. No goodbye. No phone call. No hints of a life ending. How could I have known? Having grieved her decades ago yet some regrets still linger. When I think of her my soul quiets down. If it’s okay with you my reader, I would like…
Is sugar better than salt in mac and cheese?
Our granddaughter had just come to the cottage. It was lunch time. She wanted mac and cheese. That was easy to prepare, so I pulled out a box. I boiled the water and put the macaroni in the pot. Within minutes it was ready. She and I sat down at our outdoor dining area by…
Decade By Decade I Knew You
First Decade – I knew you… when you were born as the middle son of three who broke the rules of tradition and dreamed of faraway places when business and salesmanship blood burned in your bones to create your Christmas card sales strategy before any competition could jump in when with dirty face and muddy…
Mother’s life on earth ended in a sweet sleep
The month of September will be remembered forever, not for its beauty and warm summer weather, but for our mother’s homegoing to Heaven, the eternal home she so longed for during the past several months. Time had come. We had to let go. She wanted to be by her husband’s side and to see her…
