Image credit: Photo by dvs on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons For some time I have been turning an idea for a novel around and around in my head... Oh, I know. Who doesn't want to write a novel, right? Nearly everyone who has luxuriated in the feel of taking pen to paper (or fingers [...]
Posts under ‘Real’
I Told You So
Image credit: Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "I bet anything she's pregnant," said Mark as we left a get together with friends in the years long before recovery. Having been through a pregnancy recently ourselves at that point, we knew what to look for: the change in eating habits, [...]
Finding Beautiful
Image credit: Photo by litmuse on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When Mark and I were at the very beginning of our relationship, moving from a flirtatious friendship into love, he signed off some early little love note "a thousand ships for my beautiful." Now who was I to resist a suave Helen of Troy [...]
Wearing Away the Stone
Image credit: Photo by lfaisco on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons As I was brushing my hair recently, I noticed a few strands of gray. My mother's hair seemed to turn white nearly overnight in her late forties. She said it was the grief of losing two close family members within less than a year [...]
Burn, Baby, Burn
Image credit: Photo by alecani on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When Austen was a baby, a friend of my husband's gave him a stuffed camel, which she brought for him all the way from Israel. However, Austen never showed much interest in toys without wheels or numbers. The sole exception was a stuffed rabbit [...]
Gigi’s Always There
Image credit: Photo byJane Costa Lima on Flickr Gigi's always there.Stuffed companion at the park,at home and at school. Gigi's always there.When my girl's nose is runny,Gigi's a tissue. Gigi's always there.When my girl's hands are dirty,Gigi's a towel. Gigi's always there.When my girl's feeling sleepyGigi's a pillow. Time for Gigi's bath!She clings, passionate and [...]
