I want to share a story with you. It’s a little bit strange, and a whole lot of wonderful. It’s something that happened to us. Something that restored a bit of hope for us, that we’re not invisible, and that we matter. Toward the end of 2012, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, some exterior under-ground piping…
I’m sitting here in my living room with my cats and my dog, watching CNN. They were showing the photos of all the Sandyhook victims followed by a random act of kindness posted on social media….something that was done in the name of one of the victims. I am moved to quiet tears as I…
I wrote this in September 2006, about a week after I had lost my favorite cat. His name was Dude, and he was a long-haired orange-tabby Persian. He died in my arms. I miss him so much. ~~Maria~~ —————————————– Dude, this is what is in my heart! It is only now, sweet Dude, that I…
I am deeply troubled by the fact that I have such wildly opposite qualities and traits. I can create beauty and total chaos for myself and others. My behavior and choices have been less than stellar here lately. The after-effects are leaving me sitting here viewing a smoking swath of destruction in my personal life.…
There are precious moments when you’re given a chance to see into another person’s life and gain an understanding of their heart. If that door opens, walk through it. You don’t have “to do” anything other than to “be there”. You don’t have “to say” anything. Just care. Sometimes you don’t have the answers, but…
In the early 1990’s, Don and I were living in Augusta, Georgia. I was out of the service, but my husband was still stationed at Ft. Gordon. He moved to Ft. Gordon after serving in Desert Storm. We decided to visit family (mine) in Bear Lake, Michigan one summer. It was that year I received…
The summer of 2002 brought frightful news to us, when we received a call from Don’s (my husband) sister, Pam, newly diagnosed with rather advanced breast cancer. I traveled to Georgia to be with her for several weeks as she prepared to undergo further testing and begin her course of treatment. We had to drive…
Today I am going to take you on one last ride. You so love to “go bye-bye” in the truck with the windows down, air rushing past your face, as you sit right next to me, and “daddy” drives. I gaze at you sleeping near me in the corner on the kitchen floor. I am…
I spent the entire weekend glued to the History Channel watching the HBO mini-series “Band of Brothers”….and I cannot stop thinking about it. Based on the true story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne….from Normandy (D-Day), through France, Holland, Belguim, and finally pushing through Germany. The beginning of each segment of film (it’s ten…
My mom passed away in October 2007, the day of her funeral left us unexpectedly blessed.