Run
Saturday I cried. Our son Zach, now 18 and a senior, ran his last high school cross country race. I got quite the workout cheering for him since cross country is not for bleacher spectators. Running from point to point along the course, I screamed, “You can do it, Zach! Give your last your best!” […]
Emotional
7:30 a.m. Driving Nick to tutoring across country roads this October morning gave me a front row, prime time seat to a spectacular show of autumn color in Wisconsin. No place I’d rather be. The golden tasseled corn fields were blanketed in patchy mists of fog being burned off by the bright orange egg yolk […]
True Love
I have a rather, um, LARGE, friend who names his favorite food groups with a chuckle—donuts, Cheetos, and beer. Lucky for him, he’s now 57 years old and has managed to avoid any serious health problems. I suppose that’s because, occasionally, he makes one of those yummy green bean casserole dishes with fully fatted mushroom […]