March 2023

I’ve been thinking … (Reflections from my heart) Do you remember the comforting sights, sounds and smells of home when you were growing up? I’m recalling kitchen sounds: dishes rattling, silverware jingling, dishwasher humming, a pot bubbling, and sometimes even vegetables burning. Coming home from school sounds: back door closing, “Ma, I’m home” announcing, footsteps […]

Dear Elisia Jane, Soon it will be a year since you left us. So soon, too soon, so sudden. We didn’t know–I didn’t know–that the hugs you gave on Easter would be the last I’d feel your touch. This Thursday would have been your fourteenth birthday. A reminder of the day you were born bringing […]