I remember so fondly the snow days from my North Carolina childhood. Peeking out the window expectantly, devouring the AM radio cancelation list, scrambling into gloves and hats and boots. There were forts to be fashioned, snowmen to be birthed, hills to be sledded. I remember, too, when my thrill of snow was put onContinue reading “Snow Days”
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Errands by Bike
My husband is an avid bicycle commuter. Two feet of snow. Twenty-mile-an-hour winds. Torrential downpour. No matter. Heʼs out there. Every day he goes to work, he goes on his bike. His resolve has inspired all of us. My nine-year-old son bikes to school with his dad (itʼs on the way to work). And lastContinue reading “Errands by Bike”
Lost and Found
What a close call. Recently, a dream of ours, my husband’s and mine, nearly came true. Yet the closer it came to being, the more I realized how much I didn’t want it. In fact, in losing what I thought I wanted, I found something I didn’t know I was missing. I discovered what itContinue reading “Lost and Found”
Tending a Blaze of Beautiful Words
“Isn’t it so beautiful?” Eva shrieked as Whitney Houston crooned her latest song on the Voice of America radio station. I nodded, not really liking Whitney Houston so much, but unable to keep from breaking into a smile at Eva’s enthusiasm. And her choice of words. As I’ve noticed in the three months since IContinue reading “Tending a Blaze of Beautiful Words”