Reading Time: 5 minutesJana and Paul are like many “folk” that I meet wandering through the museum in a small town in Texas. They are Texans (mostly but not always), they are good and kind and well-mannered. They say things like please and thank you always suffixed by “Ma’am”. They tell stories that are simple, maybe even a little uninteresting, but important. They are unapologetic to do so because it never occurs to them they wouldn’t tell their story.
Reading Time: 8 minutesI have undeniably avoided writing this part of the story with seeming inability to put fingers to keyboard. I write amidst not wanting to write… amidst this… soft,
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere I go. A sort of unexpected trip home. I was planning for Christmas. God was planning for now. I was currently on a trip. So my family
Reading Time: 6 minutesI grew up in a household with all the “feels” in tact and firing rapidly. A lot of ups and downs. Draaaammmmaa dahlink. This was intensified by alcohol.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI had never meant for this blog to be about my mother. But we go where the muse leads us so there it is. She’s taken a turn.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor the last week it seems Mom has been doing pretty well. And that makes me so happy. It almost makes me not worry. Not sure that will
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou’ve by now heard a lot about Mom. The most recent update is that she is slowing down. Stuttering. Slurring words. And it’s noticeable. I went three days