Tis The Season

I can hear them from my post inside – working. The laughing and screaming. My middle two children are in the front yard with their dad, wearing their soccer jerseys from years past.  There’s a soccer ball out there among them, bouncing around at the command of bare feet.  They are dripping with sweat and [...]

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May I

I saw them sitting on the counter; they looked so good that I just couldn’t resist. Gardener Husband was standing right there, so I asked, “May I have one of your treasures, please?” He looked at me funny, and I thought, “Is he going to say, ‘no?’” Then he said, “They are your treasures.  I [...]

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Ask a Silly Question, Get a Silly Answer!

I couldn’t think of the word, so I asked my husband, “What are things you pick up on a trip and bring home?” I was looking for the word, “souvenirs.” Here were his answers: bed bugs dirty laundry monsters high cholesterol an over-sized waistline He thinks he’s funny. (This time I do too!)

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Just Another Reason…

I loose my husband. A lot. Especially in the summer. Just a bit ago, he was in the kitchen.  I knew he was in the kitchen.  I went to the other room to do a bit of work.  When I came back to the kitchen, he was gone. Gone. I looked. When I found him, [...]

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