Papaya Lonely

Papaya Tree. Longing and Fruit “I’d be happy just to sit here and watch you all breathe,” I tell my daughter. We’ve arrived at her home at Pearl Harbor for a ten-day visit and she is working up a sightseeing itinerary. We planned our vacation to visit her, her husband, and the boys. It just […]


A Connoisseur of Grace

Laundry.  Sundresses and Sweaters Autumn arrived in my town last week. I noticed when I did the laundry. How else could I explain the wardrobe shift? As I hung clean clothes on the rod that my awesome husband installed next to the dryer, I noticed my blue eyelet sundress hanging right between a pair of […]


A Connoisseur of Grace

Laundry.  Sundresses and Sweaters Autumn arrived in my town last week. I noticed when I did the laundry. How else could I explain the wardrobe shift? As I hung clean clothes on the rod that my awesome husband installed next to the dryer, I noticed my blue eyelet sundress hanging right between a pair of […]


A Connoisseur of Grace

Laundry.  Sundresses and Sweaters Autumn arrived in my town last week. I noticed when I did the laundry. How else could I explain the wardrobe shift? As I hung clean clothes on the rod that my awesome husband installed next to the dryer, I noticed my blue eyelet sundress hanging right between a pair of […]


Waiting on Orders

 Worth the Wait and Just in Time. July, 2011 At Exactly the Right Time In January, when my daughter called to tell me that her husband’s new orders were for the U.S.S. Columbus, a fast-attack submarine based in Hawaii, I chatted with her about the wonderful adventure lying before them. Then I hung up the […]