Sighing
Some of us do this thing when life is hard and there’s nothing we can do about it. For whatever it’s worth, I, Pat Durmon and retired...
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Feb 11, 2019
Happy Days in Frozen February
No one calls it a reunion, but two brothers and a sister (with spouses) come together. They are in their seventies and still have one...
Jan 7, 2019
Rectangles
How can I tell you? Rectangles are everywhere in the living area of our house. Cell phones, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo DS, cords and...
Nov 26, 2018
Too Good to Not Share
Thanksgiving is still going on. Nice how that can happen. Four of us are older and leaning toward white hair if not there already. I’m...
Aug 27, 2018
Celebration!
Dear Dwight and Kathy, I don’t know many people who have “made it” together for fifty years. Fifty years is a long time. And you made it!...
Jun 18, 2018
The House Is Quiet
I am sick. It changes the routine of everyone. Grandboys upstairs with games, husband rests on the sofa, grandgirl naps in a bedroom, me...
Jun 11, 2018
While I Was Waiting...
Sister, you have been sick for weeks. Sicker than I’ve ever known you to be. I keep looking back over my shoulder, remembering our youth...
May 7, 2018
A Strange Time for This Mom
We were living in emotional turmoil. My first husband and I were separated at the time. I was busy being a mom and teaching sons to sit...
Nov 20, 2017
Mothering
I have been plotting and planning with a granddaughter about her dad’s birthday. Thinking about his birthday led me in the opposite...
Jun 12, 2017
What's Ahead?
Oh my! I think I was handed what I did not ask for, but maybe what I needed. Most of us are aware of tragedy and comedy in Shakespearean...
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