The voice on the other end of the phone was Kristen. "Hello, Mom? Can you hear me?" I heard the sound of crying blurred by the wind noise in the phone. I knew my daughter and her boyfriend of 3 years, Andrew, were off the coast of Wilmington, NC enjoying the afternoon on a private …
Author: carytocalcutta
The Angel Returns
Recently, I went to the mailbox to retrieve the daily mail. Quickly flipping through the couple of postcards offering to "buy my home" and an AARP membership request, I almost passed over an envelope with the return address logo of Georgia-Pacific, Consumer Products. I paused for a moment, wondering why I’d received correspondence from this …
It’s Essential (the saga continues…)
A few months ago (it SEEMS like months, but was actually only about 4 weeks ago), the COVID-19 pandemic had basically shut down the world. Dad and I were forced to "go rogue" in a quest to secure the requisite tomato plants for the summer, making a trip to Uncle Pete and Aunt Edith's "essential …
Cary to Calcutta 