Author Archives: chick

All four of us applied for our passports at the same time. We paid an extra $60 to expedite the passport of the one person who needed it soonest. Ironically, that’s the passport that took longest to arrive. Who could … Continue reading →

One morning last year I went downstairs to get myself a cup of coffee. On the counter, someone had placed a pie plate with an apple in the middle of it. Naturally, I knew my husband had put it there … Continue reading →

To say it was a tough week would be an understatement. It wasn’t just the illness and subsequent death of my FIL. It was also our own ongoing health issues, the horrors of the world, plus some small but really … Continue reading →

My father-in-law died last night. It was not unexpected, except in the sense of it happening so soon. We thought we’d have a few more days. I’d hoped to bring the children to say good-bye. But when the ringing of … Continue reading →

Our back patio had always been cracked, most likely damaged by the roots of the tree that used to be next to it. We finally had some cement workers come out here to replace it. They stamped the new patio … Continue reading →