My summer started with a long-awaited lunch with one of my oldest and dearest friends. We wanted to get together ever since my mother died in March but, because I work at the local high school, we decided to wait until school was out so we could both relax and enjoy the day. Work ended …
They say the third month is the hardest. It’s after life goes back to normal for everyone but you. You understand and even expect it – but, even so, it’s very hard. When someone close to you dies, the world goes from vivid color to black & white. Everything is the same – and, yet, …
Sometimes, you just need to go and have a little talk with yourself. When I was young and would get all worked up about something, my mom would say to me,“Laura Anne, you need to go and have a little talk with yourself.” This meant that I needed to go to a quiet place …
I don’t have any sisters. On top of that, my mom and dad were only children — so I also do not have any aunts, uncles or first cousins. My family was very small and the number of women was even smaller. Throughout my growing up years, my mother, my two grandmothers and I were …
There are some things you just can’t know until you experience them. You think you know, but really you do not. Ultimately, you have to go through the journey yourself to truly understand. Losing my mother has been this way for me. I have walked alongside many friends who have lost their mothers. I thought …
You Will Never Truly Understand {until it happens to you} Read More »
[My friend, Donna Bowles, is guest blogging today. I’m so thankful she was willing to do this for me while I am with my mother in the hospital.] One summer I had the opportunity to learn a lot about the Kemp’s Ridley turtle while camping in Virginia Beach at Naval Air Station Oceana. As it …
I’ve been thinking a lot about how old I am. I assume it’s because, with all of the recent snow days, I realize how really quiet my house is. It is obvious that the days of teenaged boys and their friends laughing and carrying on throughout our home are behind me. In spite of the …
A Word For My Older Sisters {and my younger sisters too} Read More »
If you know me, you will be very surprised to hear me say that I am tired of the snow. I’ve worked for our county school system for a very long time, and snow days are the best kind of surprise during a long winter. Oh, how I love to wake up in the morning to …
