My Split Personality (Disney Princess-Style)

Which Disney Princess Are You?

You are part Cinderella. You are hard-working and never complain, however, your trust is sometimes misplaced and people sometimes take advantage of you. Still, you are beautiful inside and out, and one day you will realize it and find true love.

You are part Pocahontas. You defy convention and sometimes do what […]

Turning into my Mother

It’s official. I’m turning into my Mother.
Today we celebrated Jane’s 4th birthday with a party at a local Elementary School playground. We had family. We had friends. We had presents. We had chips, and cokes, and juice boxes, and balloons, and goody bags. We had cake.
That I made. (from a boxed cake mix, lest anyone […]

Nannie

My grandmother (Mom’s mom) died a peaceful death on Sunday morning, after deteriorating quickly during a difficult and painful couple of weeks in the hospital.
Paul and I were fortunate to have been able to say “Goodbye” to her the prior Monday.
The funeral is today, and the four granddaughters (Julie, Jan, Jennifer and me [the only […]

You Hate Me? Really??

I recently received the following comment on “The Short Story By James Thurber” page:
I Hate Your Site &*^%!? I hate James %^&* Thurber!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?
The author was listed as, “hateu.” Fitting.
I have to say, I was floored.
Most comments posted on my are generally positive; due in part, no doubt, to the fact that most of my readers […]