It was a sunny fall day. We had just left my mother’s home and were driving down the road with my step-father. It seemed the beginning of an adventure as we were chatting and laughing about leaving on time, the sunny day, and our afternoon festivities. I glanced at my husband, and admired his ... Read More
Things to Remember
Yay for Mistakes! Part 8 | Some Mistakes are Really Blessings in Disguise
Sometimes I make a small ruckus before my birthday, just to remind everyone it is coming up, and sometimes I don’t. Well a few years back I didn’t. It snuck up on me, like a cat on padded feet. I gave the month-in-advance warning, maybe the two-weeks warning, and then silence. I woke up ... Read More
Life as it Comes Podcast #34 | Chinese Fire Drill
Sometimes you just need to throw caution to the wind on a dark, rainy night and try something a little daring. Chinese Fire Drill anyone? Around an old blue VW bug! Everything is going good until shortly thereafter, revolving lights are noticed in the rear view ... Read More
Yay for Mistakes! Part 7 | Mistaking Paradise
Why do we search so hard for and dream about a mistake free day? The perfect day? 24 hours in paradise? Perfection? I know I would never turn down a day that was encircled by a mistake-free-zone. Where the mistakes and foibles of others and myself had no influence or effect on my ... Read More
Offering Hope to the Interrupted Mom
It’s one of those days. Interruptions abound. They just won’t leave me alone. Claire, stops by to pick up her large green parrot who I’ve been babysitting for three weeks and whose cage I frantically cleaned this morning. She chats and plays with her bird. Meanwhile, I’m thinking, take him ... Read More
Yay for Mistakes! Part 6 | Mistaking Our Worth
My red-haired friend from Grad school calls me. The one who is a writing sister and who encouraged me to teach English, like she did. She had just had her 60th birthday. “Why?” she asks, “Do I still feel like I am still a little kid who hasn’t yet figured out life or even ... Read More
Life as it Comes Podcast #33 | True Green and Garage Chaos
When it sounds like a cannon has just been fired off your roof, the sound is often coming from something else. Unless you live in London next to Mary Poppins. Clue two: It is rarely your refrigerator slamming forward to the kitchen floor. So what could it be? Listen to this story podcast and solve ... Read More
Yay for Mistakes! Part 5 | Quieting a Myth of Mistakes
My son sat next to me, sadness radiating from him. “What’s wrong?’ I ask. “I hate it when people get angry with me.” I nodded. ‘And when I disappoint people.” I nodded again. “If I could just always say and do the right thing and not make mistakes, then no one would be angry at me ... Read More
