For the better part of the month of July 2023, we engaged in the work of providing summer learning experiences for many students who continue to struggle in the aftermath of school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both of my girls worked the program with me, one as the school clinic aide, in aContinue reading “Just a Dream and the Wind to Carry Me”
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Dimes in the Parking Meter
The large bulletin board with its’ flat, silver thumbtacks and myriad of flyers, all trying to out-do one another, was the 1989 version of social media.
Always on My Mind
The end of January and first days of February are typically days of remembrance for me. Some years are more difficult and sad than others. Grief waxes and wanes like that. The dates in a year mean something, and there’s just no way around them. Dad passed away on a Sunday at the end ofContinue reading “Always on My Mind”
January
There is no month which more effectively takes my breath away a grief which never ends although it changes faces year after year Hope resides on the other side but seldom within the coldest month of the year unless I stand at the edge of the ocean where even bitter winter winds do not deterContinue reading “January”
Every Day is a Winding Road
I would much rather drive the winding roads on a sunny Sunday afternoon with the convertible top down in springtime; than on a cold & rainy Monday morning in January, with the road so dark in front of you, you must simply go on faith that the road is actually there.