Where the Heart Is

After a long morning of Christmas shopping that involved traipsing from store to store and in and out of register lines (sheer torture for a four year old), we had just gotten back into the car when Caleb asked me, “Mom, where are we going next?”
“Home,” I replied.
“Oh, good. I love home, Mom,” he [...]

A Word on Words

I’ve always been a reader.
As a child, I used to stay up late at night, long after goodnights had been exchanged, reading books in the dim triangle of light cast from the hallway outside my room. Finally my parents gave in to the inevitable and installed a little reading light on my bed, allowing [...]

This Little Light of Mine

I firmly resolved to have all of my holiday packages mailed out by December 1st this year, so naturally, this morning, eleven days later, found me at the post office, scrambling wildly to get three very large boxes out of my trunk and balanced on top of each other in such a way that I [...]

Jury Duty, Redux

“It’s a jury duty summons,” Paul announced as he riffled through yesterday’s stack of mail.
“Ha!” I said, “I guess it’s your turn now!”
“Nope. It’s for you.”
“What?” I seized the official-looking document and flipped it over. Sure enough, there was my name. “But I just served! I thought they couldn’t call me again for two years!”
So [...]

To Whom It May Concern

I’m not dead.  Just thought you’d like to know.