"We're going to come see you, ok Banner?"  That's what everyone calls her, Banner.

"You better hurry, I'm going to die here in about twenty minutes.  I have Aids you know."

We hurried, but we knew Banner wasn't going to die.  And she didn't have Aids. 

"Do you have a c… Read full post »

A friend of my husband, P*, is getting divorced.  He decided, for understandable reasons, after 10 miserable years, happiness was worth the price.

The price is high.  He offered her (in a no fault state) 60/40 plus $1,000 per month spousal support for a year.  She agreed to 60/40,… Read full post »

My sister was killed in an auto accident late last year.  Seven years younger than her closest sibling, she was the baby. 

It's feels funny inside to say "was."  Isn't she still "the baby?"  There are no more after her.  And she was a baby, 17, when s… Read full post »

I remember her asking me, a couple of days ago, "How much was that dress?" and I didn't answer.  An irrelevant question, I thought.

This morning I woke her early to get ready for church.  I thought she'd be excited to wear her self-chosen prize, but she told me she'd lost it.… Read full post »

I passed him once, there by the stoplight with his thumb out.  There was a small pang of guilt having once been a hitchhiker.  He probably wouldn't get a ride for a while.  Unshaven, dirty, male.  Another former hitchhiker was probably his only chance.  Another former hitchhi… Read full post »