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Swimming
If someone gave me three wishes, I think I would ask for the ability to relive an ordinary day from my childhood. Not because I want to go back and change my destiny, but for the simple pleasure of...
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The Continuing Process of Letting Go
“Your children are not your children, they are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.” ~...
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The Summer of Change
You don’t get to 50 without saying goodbye to a few family members and some close friends along the way. I don’t know if my Grandfather’s passing affected me so much because it was unexpected, or the...
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How Maeve Binchy Helped Me Grow Up
Author Maeve Binchy helped me grow up, although she never knew it. I was an adult, but my taste in fiction was still quite immature. I liked stories that ended with all of the loose ends tied up. I...
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A New Bag
I have a love-hate relationship with purses. I acknowledge the need for a functional bag to carry my necessary items, but why do purses and I end up hating one another? Shoulder bags are more...
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Leaving the Nest
I’ve been in this particular place in time once before. It’s a deja vu moment. I’m fighting the tide that threatens to consume me. I’m filling my day with busy-ness: chores, activities and...
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A Dream
The infant was wrapped loosely in a blanket. I held “her” in my arms, but she was barely responsive. As I went from place to place, she became lighter, more transparent. I realized that I was losing...
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Time After Time
“Sometimes we’re all too quick to count down the days, that we forget to make the days count.”~ Unknown This quote struck me today as I prepare to start a new school year. It’s been a challenging few...
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The Tea Party
Four little girls play dress-up, wearing the same prom dresses their mothers wore long before they were born. Sherbet colors: pink, green, blue and yellow; worn over their shorts and summer tank tops....
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The Grown-up’s Table
Over plates of spaghetti there is animated conversation, and laughter. young men at my table~ where two little boys sat yesterday talking schoolwork and comic books. © annettealaine-2013
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