Add a little here, neglect a little there
When I was a kid I went to summer day camp at a local park in town, the same town Bill lives in now. The park had a large lake […]
Doubt
Saturday morning, 6:30 am, 11 degrees, snow and ice in patches on roadsides and sidewalks, four of us out for a run. Since we were planning on 17 miles and they […]
Training update or my reacquaintance with a treadmill
I’ve hit a few snags while training for the NJ marathon at the end of April, one major snag really. Snow. I don’t mind running in sub-zero temperatures, wear layers […]
Last week, last month, tonight, tomorrow…..
One night a couple of weeks ago, as snow fell, Bill and I went for a walk in my neighborhood after dinner. It could have been any night over the last […]
The Show Must Go On
We spent a majority of last week at Bill’s dad’s house with the rest of his family. Tears were shed, laughs shared, stories told. They gave their wife, mother, grandmother […]
Loss
Bill’s family suffered a huge loss this week. His mom, who’s been ill for over four months, was called home. The pain is sharp but there’s comfort in knowing she’s […]
Why I can’t let go
My mother is one strong woman, she gets stuff done. We watched her work, attend school and manage a house after her divorce from my dad. There wasn’t much money […]
Stuck
A friend of mine sent me the link to this article; why we don’t pursue our passions and how to move past that. I’ve kept the article open in its […]
The women on my father’s side
After work on a frigid Friday night in January my sister and I met in a commuter lot along I-95 in Branford; from there we drove to Old Saybrook to meet […]
Bounty
Once the large black stock pot of paella and platter of extra clams and mussels were centered on the table we all sat down to enjoy the bounty. We took our seats […]
where my feet are 