The Discovery

She asked me twice what I wanted for dinner; which, in Vermont, really meant lunch.

“Anything is fine, Grandma.” I thought I was safe saying that, but didn’t know for sure since I had not spent much time with this woman.

Parents play a cruel trick on their children when they choose to live on the opposite coast.

A Look Back

The first thing I noticed when I walked into the church was that the purple carpet was gone, replaced by elegant cream-colored tiles. I hadn’t been in the church for four years and I almost missed the dated carpet in that awkward shade somewhere between lavender and purple.

A Moment of Freedom

When my daughter was younger, she just loved to acquire and pretend to care for a variety of unusual pets. When Sara was eight, she captured a “leaf bug,” or katydid. She was momentarily ecstatic and housed it in a mesh-covered box/carrier.