Regret Three

So Long, Farewell When we left KI Sawyer Air Force Base (see This Is The Worst Trip I’ve Ever Been On from September 2021) we celebrated by throwing streamers out the windows of the car as we drove…

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You probably didn't realize you shouldn’t stay where you’re not wanted.
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Regret Two

Follow Nature Leaf. Leaves. Leaving. Curiously, the word that describes ending a relationship also represents the delicate, colorful, thin, veined, branch ends that peek out in the spring (see Barr…

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Regret One

They Call It Labor For A Reason We all must start somewhere. My first regret started at birth – not mine, my son’s. The first time I was pregnant, when I asked what labor was really like, I was tol…

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A First And Last Road Trip

From Denver The first road trip I took began in Denver and ended in Phoenix when I was just over three years old (see Combing Through My Memory from April 2013)  My father drove us to our new home …

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Crossing Paths

Vacations And Trips Work often seems to usurp vacations, likely because we schedule our time off around my personal superhero’s projects. Of course, those projects slide, run long, start early, or …

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#WritersCoffeeClub #23Dec If you were to rewrite the nativity, what would you change?

I’d write a blog post about the road trip by donkey. #AcrossTheCountry #Bethlehem

A few years later I’d probably write a follow-up post, tagging the first post, about only saving a bit of the manger hay and the swaddling clothes #BehindTheAbstersion

Finally, when he’s older, I’d write a third post about the difficulty of being pregnant and not finding lodging #IntoTheDarkness

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The Great Escape

A Worthwhile Walk I’ve taken a lot of road trips in my life (and flying and cruising trips, too), but the best journey I ever took was a walking trip – when I walked away from a bad marriage. …

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The Next Chapter

Long-Stemmed Gesture Stellar moments happen in the most unexpected places, like one of those police stories where a woman gives birth on the Long Island Expressway or a marriage proposal gets squee…

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Unopened Christmas Cards

Correspondence gifts Unopened year after year Haunt me when unfurled The Ghost Of Christmas Presents I recall the anticipation of Christmas presents being added under the tree during December, and …

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My Dashing Parents

Award Night Even before the events of 9-11, the company belt-tightening began, so by the time the fall of 2011 arrived, the number of families getting away to our corner of the world completely plu…

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