Doesn't matter which one it is. If only we could wear them all the time. Kids wear their pajama bottoms everywhere. Why not we? Oh,...

My father would have been 95 years old on Sunday. I thought about it for a moment, then blocked my mind. "Don't go there," I...

I have a lemon tree growing in my front yard, that produces the most delicious lemons. These are a special breed of lemons called Meyer le...

I sense much fear in you.  Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear attracts the fearful. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate l...

Listening to Ed Kihm play his 12 string guitar brings tears to my eyes and softens the hurting places in my heart. He has magic fingers tha...

Dear Mom, Happy Mothers Day!  I love you very much and I am grateful to be your daughter…you are always there for me. The other day…I ...

A friend who has been following my blog was inspired by Heather's letter to her daughter, Charli and asked me to publish this: Butterc...

Mothers are like soldiers. They are the underdog in the house. Yet they are always there to protect you. They are always watching and m...

Dear Charli, You are 8. You do not get to have a teenage size attitude, yet. You talk back, and you get time out because you are ...

What's a mother to do? When her first born babe dies at birth... When her kid swallows bleach... or overdoses on aspirin? When her 9 yea...

Shortly before Christmas my sister called to tell me, one of the counselors Mom had seen in therapy was walking down the hall of the nursin...

Mary Dean was proud of her sons. She had two little boys die to childhood illnesses that children recover from these days. But, she still h...

Dolphin day in monterey bay

enjoying tea, lolling in bed. what plans? fix car radio?  go for a coastal tour?  what to do?  hmm...

I think we are often lead, but do not always follow. Like a mother walking down the road with her child, there reaches a point where she has...