I didn't process what had happened for a few seconds.  I had turned away for just a few seconds, and when I looked back, Willie was look...

In our backyard in Bakersfield the morning sun was already baking our lawn, but in Oregon the sky was overcast and the air was wet but c...

The blueberry bush sits dry and likely, dead, but still a part of my home amid the greenery in my front yard.  It seems like watering it whe...

Two accomplishments that I get to take credit for, though I can really only thank God for, are the opportunities to be a mother to Gabri...

The opening chords wring my heart every time, haunting me with a combination of regret and relief.  Bob Seger's "We've Got Toni...

Some mornings I'm still not convinced my reflection is really me. I guess the postpartum acne started about two months after Delilah w...

The series finale of American Idol remains unviewed on my Hulu watch list.  For over a decade I watched the series and made a point of w...