He knew right where he wanted to be, that grandson of mine. He hurried into the office, bought a permit for $7.50 and drove us right to the spot he’d researched the day before. “This is it Momsmom and Bobo, we’re here.” Kyle was our first grandchild and as such had the right-of-privilege to name his family however it worked for him. “Bobo” came from “Lobo” which is what I often call my husband…an old high school nickname. He pulled…
The Facebook-Posting Nazi We all know that little saying about opinions, right? This morning I received a private message from a young man I’ve known for almost ever, commanding that I stop sharing and reposting everything I see on Facebook. He went on to say that I should share only some things…make them special. Gee, when I see something that hits me, I DO think it’s special and that’s why I enjoy posting it…to share with my friends I’m disappointed…
CHRISTMAS 1984 I’ve been alive for many Christmases but 1984 is the one that will never be forgotten. It was our first California Christmas and it was suppose to be part of a dream, but it was more like a nightmare that seemed to have no end. My family arrived in California on September 1st. I found a job, my husband found a great job, my girls met new friends and began school, and we contracted to have a home…
I’m guessing different parts of our country have their favorite boxes of chocolates. I was raised on Sander’s in Detroit and I still think maybe it’s the best. Here in California, we have See’s Candy. It’s good. It’s REAL good! Makes me wish I had some right now. One Christmas when our daughters were young adults, we decided to have some fun with them. There were four of them and four partners of one sort or another. We all came…
LIMO NIGHT Every year, two Saturdays before Christmas we took a family ride. An all-together-in-one-vehicle family ride. It began with 11 of us but some years we had as many as 17. We called it “Limo Nite”. But the first time we did it, it didn’t have a name and only two of us knew what was going on. We mailed “save-the-date” notes to our girls and their family way ahead of time so there’d be no excuses no, “but…
Here’s another one on disgusting things that crawl. It was a Sunny Saturday afternoon and one of our grandsons was playing a baseball game close to our home. We went to his games whether they were close or far but close was just kinda nicer for us. And besides being closer, it was being played at one of the brand new parks in the area and we were looking forward to seeing it. We showed up a little before the…
THANKSGIVING 1984 Part 2 It took us a week to drive across to California and it was a fun, exciting week. I told my girls we were pioneers and that their new best friends were waiting to meet them. I knew one day a California NATIVE would be born and that would be my height, I’d have a native…proof that we made it! We were a caravan of four cars; oldest daughter, her girlfriend, our family car and “Lucy,” the…
1984 finally. The magical year. The year I’d been waiting for since I was a teenager. The year I thought might never come. But there it was and…there we went. The house was empty, the van was gone with practically everything we owned and the cars and drivers were ready to go. I took the ceremonial last walk alone through the house. I looked at the field stones covering the family room wall with the huge arched fireplace opening. We’d…
I have a fear of reptiles but I don’t think that’s any big deal, I’m sure there’s lots of us afraid of those disgusting looking creatures. But, maybe everyone who’s afraid doesn’t really know why they’re afraid. I do. It was my mom, it’s her fault, she’s the source, she’s why I’m so afraid. Now, I’m not (ordinarily) a blamer, I know blame’s a crippler but, well…… it IS what it is and my mother gave me that fear, got…
A wave is an unspoken hello, right? Well, that’s what it is for me anyways. Our kitchen window looks over and into the kitchen window of the condo across from us; their sink, to be exact. So, if I’m at my sink and my neighbors across the way are at theirs, if we look up, we’re kinda looking at each other. I mean we’re not so close as we can see the color of each others eyes but we CAN…