Tonight when I take the Listen To Your Mother stage in Sacramento, I’ll be thinking about my mother. It’s Mother’s Day after all, who else would I be thinking of? Of course, not a day goes by that I don’t think of her. I wonder what she’d think of the piece I’m going to share….
Not a day goes by that I don’t think of something I wish I could talk to my parents about. I regret not truly thanking them for my life. Literally. And all the opportunities they gave me. I wish I had expressed my gratitude for being good parents, staying together, teaching me right from wrong,…
It ain’t fair; you died too young, Like the story that had just begun, But death tore the pages all away. God knows how I miss you, All the hell that I’ve been through, Just knowin’ no-one could take your place. An’ sometimes I wonder, Who’d you be today? – Kenny Chesney The image is…
The year: 1986 The location: Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa The cast: A family of four: mother (37), father (39), eldest daughter (15), youngest daughter (2). The scene: Christmas morning, parents wake their daughters and the family is soon gathered around a sparsely decorated tree in the corner of their living room. Holiday music plays…
Mom cuts the crusts off your peanut butter sandwich and removes the skin from your apples. Mom stays up with you all night when you are sick, rubbing your back and quietly singing Carpenters songs. Mom washes your clothes and leaves them neatly folded on your bed. Mom sews loose buttons. Mom cries at Hallmark…
Today is an anniversary but there is no cause for celebration. Today marks five chances to ring in a New Year, five missed Mother’s Day brunches, five Father’s Day barbeques, five World Series games, five Christmas mornings, one very special birth. Birthdays, holidays and other milestone days are painful reminders of who is missing from…
I love learning how couples met and I’m honored that Rach of Life Ever Since invited me to share my story in her So, How’d You Meet? series. Today is a special day in another way too; it marks what would have been my parents 43rd wedding anniversary and to me their marriage was one…
When our parents died, my sister and I kept many of their personal items; we divided up family heirlooms, knick knacks, books, photos and letters. Some of the things I brought home with me have been incorporated into my own, such as their Christmas tree ornaments, which now adorn my tree. Many items have been…
Not a day goes by that I don’t wonder if my mother would think I was doing a good job raising my son. Not a day goes by that I don’t want to pick up the phone and call my mother to ask her, when I was Lucas’ age, did I do this or that?…
I grew up with teachers. My parents were educators, who worked in American international schools for 28 years and prior to that on an American Indian reservation in Arizona. Their careers spanned 35 years and if I learned anything from them, it was how much they enjoyed their jobs, how hard they worked and how…
