Friendship Friday ~ There’s Something About Second Grade
Maybe second grade friendships are in my face, since I just finished the school year, and my daughter just finished second grade. Maybe it is because one of the generous donors to my counseling...
View ArticleFriendship Friday ~ Cousin Day
Yesterday was a special day. It had been written on a calendar block, cleared of all else. We spent all day with the Boston little boy cousins and their amazing parents. My anxiety about having little...
View ArticleFriendship Friday ~Jesus Showed Up
Jesus showed up at just the right time. My Bible reading plan this year is chronological. That means intensive Old Testament time. Nine months to be exact. God’s word is always alive and powerful,...
View ArticleFriendship Friday ~ Alex
I am blessed with the gift of built-in best friends. Many moons ago, my fourth little friend was brought home from the hospital. That gave me two younger sisters and two younger brothers by the time I...
View ArticleFriendship Friday ~ Dewey’s Doggie Morning
My daughter faithfully rises early each weekday morning to walk and care for her dog. She is often up before me, pulling on a coat and slipping on headphones before grabbing the leash. I remain in my...
View ArticleFriendship Friday ~ Introvert’s Weekend Away
The first weekend of November found me at a lake house with my friend Angela for what has become a fall ritual ~ Introvert’s Weekend Away. It is a great space, wherever we land, of reading, writing,...
View ArticleFriendship Friday ~ We Belong to Each Other
Last fall I sat in a hospital waiting room late in the day drinking a cup of black coffee from a vending machine. I had pressed the code for a cup of comforting hot chocolate, but out came black...
View ArticleFriendship Friday ~ Esther
I know what you do in your spare time. Esther’s knowing eyebrows move up and down rapidly. She says this each time I tell her, or she overhears, that I have eight children. She seems to know what...
View ArticleFrench Cruller
Friday began at Dunkin Donuts, after dropping the kids off at school. I pulled into the parking lot with cans of apple juice concentrate for the special art show beverage as Steve was exiting his...
View ArticleWatched Cats
Watched cats don’t eat. I am not a Black Friday shopper. As much as I like the theory, its practice evades me. The idea of rising in predawn hours to score a $4.99 appliance that I may or may not need...
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