Author Archives: chick

My office continues to be a terrible mess. Nearly every day I say to myself that I will finally go through the piles of things and straighten everything up. And yet I keep not finding the time for it. I … Continue reading →

I’ve been trying to get back into the habit of walking. When I looked out the window late this afternoon and noticed that it was snowing, I forced myself to go outside. I only walked a few laps, but somewhere … Continue reading →

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 →