Connecting any way you can

February 15, 2021

Video games never held any attraction for me. My sons played them endlessly when they were children, and now …

Life in China, and now my baby is back

February 16, 2020

Elated and proud doesn’t begin to explain how I felt in October of 2018 when my overjoyed son contacted me …

March 2, 2018

I had heard that my company introduced a new program, allowing a specially trained dog to be escorted through the …

November 6, 2017

Another tragic, horrific event; another shaken community. I’m reading the updates about the Sutherland Springs, Texas shooting yesterday, which now …

October 2, 2017

I wrote the post below a few months ago at a low point of a mother-son relationship. I wrote it …

June 15, 2017

Her hand grasps my finger To cajole me to play. She raises her arms up To be lifted and swayed. …

May 18, 2017

Watching NBC Nightly News tonight, I was introduced to the buddy bench. Perhaps you already know about it. Apparently, it’s …

February 12, 2017

As I turned the corner, pushing my cart down the next aisle in search of pickled vegetables, I heard highly agitated …

February 11, 2017

Originally posted on The Musing Idealist:
A Blade of Grass You ask for a poem. I offer you a blade of grass.…