The Day I Forgot the Cheez-its

Cheez-Its. Mom Loved Them. Moving On. I knew the day would come when I’d forget the Cheez-Its. It didn’t come on Easter, when I contributed snacks to a Lagrand family gathering. Nope. On that day I prepared a platter of grapes, dried apricots, a carefully-curated collection of cheeses, various crackers–and a box of Cheez-Its. The […]


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Acoustic Vacation: Finale

Not so Unplugged.Me, Sawyer, Rich. It Made a Difference. Honest. I told you about our acoustic vacation and promised to share how it carried a  heft, an aroma, different from our everyday lives. Today, a recap. First I told you about giving myself space for papaya-induced regret that I’d denied previously. Then I shared a Memorial Day […]


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Deeper than Rainbows

We Stop for Rainbows. A Preview for Young(er) Moms “Come out on the porch and look left. There’s a magnificent rainbow.” My daughter has called me just an instant after leaving to pick up her husband. We’re visiting them in Hawai’i, and toddler Sawyer is asleep. Rich and I stay home with Cadence while his […]


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Open Letter to My Son-in-Law

Rob and Cadence, Kayaking. Pearl Harbor. Mother’s Day, 2012. [Note: Tomorrow my daughter, Elaine, and her husband, Rob, celebrate their wedding anniversary. Our acoustic vacation was spent in their home. Unplugged, I had time to think.] Dear Rob, Now that Rich and I are home from our visit, I have a few things to say to […]


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Counting the Cost?

T-Ball. Count the Value A few weeks ago we watched our grandson, Cadence, play T-ball. The game was like most T-ball games: small children with vague notions of the rules ran around for an hour under the patient supervision and loving instruction of lots of parents. Cadence Tearing Up the Baseline. One particularly common move for […]


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