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 …
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A Happy Mother’s Day
It was 12:15pm on Sunday. Not just any Sunday, but May 12, 2019...Mother's Day. I was standing in the middle of a store in the mall, surrounded by toddlers in strollers and young children whose Mom's were in tow (or the other way around, depending on the age of the child). I was by far …
Forgotten Birthday
Many years ago on the day of my birth, your hands first held me here on earth. You counted my fingers and piggy toes, cleaned my bottom and wiped my nose. I tipped my cup spilling milk in my chair and sometimes managed to get food in my hair. But you wiped me up and said "thats …
Cary to Calcutta 