Dear Friends and Family: It was a glorious day in October. The sun and clouds fought fiercely until finally the sun claimed victory A few leaves lazily sauntered down from the Japanese maple to kiss the soggy ground. I felt bored out of my skull as I sat behind my laptop dreaming up ways…
Tag: Christmas Humor
Christmas 2007
Rottweilers were on the tippy top of Santa’s naughty list that cold, blustery day in December of ‘93. The dude in the red duds was tired of all the letters he had received about Rottweilers causing havoc all over the world. Poor Daphne, my 91-pound Rotty, had to pay the price. It just wasn’t fair…
Christmas 2008
This can’t be happening, I told myself. Clayton seemed to have been around forever. Not only that, but part of me hoped and prayed that he would live forever. You could almost drown in his ocean blue eyes, and his smile would knock you to the ground if you weren’t braced. He seemed as stable…
Christmas 2009
Mary sighed, wondering why men often forget their cell phones. Is it a genetic problem- or what,she asked herself. She made a mental note to check it out on Wikipedia when arriving back home. If onlyJoseph would have booked reservations online with his new smart phone, I would have an easier birth process, she thought. …
Christmas 2010
“Where is everybody going?” my 91 year old mother-in-law asked, her forehead furrowed. “And why are they in such a hurry?” What a profound question, I thought. Where is everybody going, and why are we racing as if the world will crumble if we slow down? For a woman who dropped out of seventh grade…
Raw. Real. Reflections. 