Well, Green Acres didn’t work out too well for “Oliver.” Five days a week, six hours a day, a ten minute break, no lunch and an hour commute round trip, all for twelve dollars an hour wasn’t gettin’ it. But, I was proud of myself for keeping my mouth zipped; it was a conclusion he had to reach on his own. In truth, working in a garden nursery wasn’t what he really wanted in the first place but it popped…
It comes too fast. This is number four without my mom and as long as I’m alive, her leaving will remain raw like it just happened. I know I’m not alone, it’s a club none of us want to belong to but, we don’t get to vote on that. She wasn’t the best mom…..I wasn’t the best daughter but these past four years without her have taken me backwards in my thoughts to realize that what she was, was…
THE PENDANT AND THE TAT It was a long time ago and only yesterday. That’s how some memories of mine go. I’ll bet yours too. We weren’t married yet but we were living together and yes, in sin. But we were planning on being married so I think that makes it just venial. It was October and we flew to Maui with two of our favorite friends…..the kind of friends who make you forget you’re adults. I was an ER…