Tonight I came home late to R-house, and guess what I found when I walked in the door. Empty couches. …
UNCOOPED
Just minutes after this happened today: This did: Because right after I got the cushions back on the screen porch, …
LOCK-OUT
For the past month or two, I’ve had a growing sense of concern nipping at the back of my mind …
THE SILVER LINING
When we Minnesotans flung wide our curtains this mid-spring morning, here is the sight that greeted our winter-weary selves: For, …
LOSING IT
There’s been so much loss this week. From every direction. Massive, unfathomable losses of life and limb. Loved ones. Innocence. …
OUR DISCLAIMER
Please be especially nice to us Minnesotans right now. Yes, we might be a little extra crabby lately. Or confused. Disoriented. We might wander off in the middle of a sentence now and then. We might be downright whiny. But that’s because here we are…
GUESS WHAT I FOUND
It’s all enough to make this first-born, type-A, straight-A, single-momming, self-employed girl want to hole up, buckle down and take care of things. Make things better. Fix things. Soothe things. Prevent things. Get things done. Check things off the list. All while clenching her fists and holding her breath until maybe, someday, the list will be a little less long and the needs a little lighter.
