My very first day ever of school was horrible. It was not the typical separation anxiety from my Mom; I was excited about going to school. My sister had been going for a year and bringing home the wonders of reading and finger painting and I was eager. I will grant you that I had [...]
I was barreling down I-40 behind my husband. It is a rare occasion that we drive separate vehicles on a trip out of town. This time I was returning from a visit with our daughter and her family seven hours away in Tennessee. My husband met me halfway back, and we enjoyed a much-needed break [...]
When my grandmother died almost 30 years ago, the only thing that remained of her life was a shoebox with a few possessions and one granddaughter who loved her. The image of that shoebox burned into my teenage memory as a symbol of pathos. She had spent a lifetime building up defenses to protect her [...]
I personally do not enjoy hot, spicy food. For me, the pain that my tongue, gums, and mouth experience eliminates all ability for my taste buds to register taste. I am left with throbbing pain and numbness. It is not something I like to repeat. I appear to be alone among my friends in this [...]
Everyone in the surrounding farm community where I grew up knew the service was starting in our church when they heard the bell ring from our steeple each Sunday. It was a huge privilege for the kids in church to help my Dad pull the rope. He would carefully select someone from his Sunday school [...]
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