Thing One and Thing Two
When our kids were little, they used to climb onto our daughter’s vintage brass bed and cuddle with me while we read stories. Two of Dr. Seuss’ characters made us laugh, especially because of their names—Thing One and Thing Two. Oh, the things they would do! Full of mischief, they got the story’s two children […]
Stand
In the center of a farm field, not far from our own, stands an enormous, solitary bur oak tree. Broad branches spread up and out from a deeply grooved trunk several feet in diameter. It seems odd that such a huge tree would stand alone in the middle of a field. Something draws me to […]
Gray
“Everything’s gray since she died,” Mother explained quietly. Death’s stiff brushstrokes slapped thick, opaque gray on her inner canvas already stretched thin from her own fight with cancer. Granddaughter Clara, now motherless and not yet two, brings splashes of life-color, but fleeting. More often, Mother’s gray sky days cloud full and eyes pour rain sheets. […]