On a cold Autumn night many years ago, I found myself in Northern Michigan, sitting in a large field and around a campfire with the group of friends I spent most of my teenage years with.  There was no snow, but there was deep cold.    There was a guitar, there was chatter, there was the warmth […]

Read More Night Visions

The room is full of students, parents, grandparents and teachers. It’s the annual Thanksgiving Breakfast at school.   I see my son’s teacher with his class and I head over to find a space to sit with him.   When I get there, I don’t see him. His teacher sees me and tells me he is […]

Read More A Thanksgiving Story

This is how we do it…   A day in the life.   And then, we head up to the loft to lay on our beds and talk  until our eyes cannot stay open any longer.   We achieved Saturday Perfection.   

Read More When It’s All Up To Us

Chapped lips and short of breath, I found myself working harder to get up the stairs. But when I made it, I smiled at the sight. A simple attic room,  cozy and inviting. There were two twin beds waiting for us. Clean sheets, soft mattresses and a pile of fluffy pillows. We had found our space for tonite. […]

Read More Mountain Air

Late this afternoon I stood in our front yard, playing catch with my youngest.    The air had a chill and carried the scent of Fall with it as the wind picked up and blew crackling leaves around my feet.    The sun was going down and the light shone through the colorful trees in […]

Read More They Do Not Speak For Me.   

Overwhelmed tonight, I wanted to melt into a puddle of liquid anything and then simply dissolve. That’s how I’m feeling as the election comes now within days. I watch as the polls tell us it will be an easy win.  Then a headline changes the mood and we are back to a race that reminds me […]

Read More Watching My Certainty Fall Apart (Again)