I know I’m a bit late to the party with my end of the year post, but I enjoy this chance to review some of the highlights and shadows of the year before it slips too far away, so I’m sharing it anyway. 🙂 2014. This year will not go down in history as one […]
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Love was Sweeter Then
Emma watched her grandmother’s face, more captivated by what she saw there than on the television, where a black-and-white film showed a couple parting at a train station. The young woman stood on the train station platform, waving her handkerchief at the receding form of a soldier hanging as far as humanly possible over the […]
To A Swell Mom
I’m out of words before I start writing, because how do you say thank you to someone who has shaped your life, patiently taught you right from wrong, and cared for you selflessly for longer than you can remember? When I look at my mom, I see someone who operates out of genuine love. Someone […]
Love the Old-Fashioned Way
I was thinking the other day of how we are on the verge of losing the special legacy of hand-written love letters. With the booming popularity of email, texting, and other forms of technology for communication, it has become a novelty to write or receive a hand-written letter. It saddens me to think of the […]