I’ve been in Mother’s kitchen making a grilled cheese sandwich for myself. I am going back home today. I came to Indiana to see Kendall and Mother… Read more “Pearl Street”

Today is my half-birthday. In six months, I will be 50 years old. I have in my head, an image of me dragging my camera and curling iron… Read more “Make a wish and say a prayer”

I saw a meme one day that I thought was sad. Sad because obviously this was a huge enough issue that someone made a meme for it.… Read more “Silly women, trix are for kids”

Some days I wake up with this incredible feeling of doom. It takes me a little while to come back from that. I usually have my coffee… Read more “Tic Tic Tic Boom”

  Disappointment. Sometimes that word becomes a wet blanket I have to tug around. Although this blanket was once warm and lent a feeling of security, it… Read more “A disappointing paradox”

South I moved South ten years ago. My ex-husband and I uprooted four of our five children and moved to his hometown in Northeast Arkansas. I was… Read more “The South”

She is my heart. She was always the ‘easy’ child. She was always afraid of disappointing me, as if she ever could. These are her senior pictures.… Read more “My heart”