Terms of Endearment
There is a scene at the end of the movie Terms of Endearment where Debra Winger is saying goodbye to her children in her hospital room. My mom and I used to have differing opinions over which part made...
View ArticleShelter From the Storm
The images of the destruction from Hurricane Sandy are just devastating. The heaviness in my heart for those impacted by this storm is immense. I have no doubt that many people are writing about this...
View ArticleSometimes More Than Books Are Found At The Library
Finding friends among bloggers is absolutely, hands down the daily gift of toiling away at this little blog of ours. Even though we have never actually met in real life the majority of the people whose...
View ArticleMaking the Cut
I wrote this post originally 2 years ago. The first Christmas without my mother. It has never actually run on this site before. I am sharing it today, because the words remain true even 2 years later....
View ArticleMaking The Cut: When Christmas Is Painful
It is no secret that my mother died a few years ago. I have written about it a few times here, including when I shared about the difficulty of the first holiday season without her. As anyone who has...
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