Home is where the heart is. Sometimes that can be a pretty hard address to find. I think today I got a little directional assistance. For years the drive back to see my mom in my hometown always filled me with trepidation. It’s only 45 minutes north. It might as well be 4 hours. I
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When you give a homeless man a dollar on the street, you would never expect him to give you a dollar the next day or next year. You gave it because you had it to spare and he had none.You have no expectations of ever seeing that dollar again and you go on with your
There are times in life when that simple phrase “It does get better”, seems not only impossible but down right offensive. How can THIS get better, this loss, this crisis, this upheaval or tragedy? How can I forget, let go or hope. I’ll tell you how. It’s called CHOICE. Choice steers the bus down a
NO PAIN – NO GAIN! Yep that is the mantra of FOOTBALL…It’s finally fall and time for tailgating and grid iron match ups on Sundays in America. The touchdowns and field goals are bringing folks to their feet! Even I did an impromptu “end-zone celebration” in the middle of my living room after my team,
Follow your heart…it is an age old saying. But today…so many of us have been trained and conditioned to be such “LEADERS” in our lives and communities that we rarely allow ourselves to relax and “FOLLOW” much of anything. We precieve “following” as the weaker option and therefore the lessor or least likely choice There is some
There comes a time in life when just putting on your big girl panties isn’t enough armor to get you through the crisis. I know. It is hard to imagine. In those rare instances I become….the turtle. I pull in my short, stubby little front hands badly in need of a manicure. I tuck in
Like any experienced gulf coast resident I know how to prepare for a hurricane. In July, my father was given six months to live. As with any storm I knew this timetable could change. He had been a tropical disturbance for years brewing in the gulf that we all kept a weary eye on. And
Denver Jenkins Wathen Jr. left this world September 15, 2011 at 3:55pm the same way he came into it March 22, 1931, surrounded by family. It was not the ending any of us would have predicted, but one I think none of us would ever trade. I have learned more about my father in the
For the third time in 30 yrs a rag-tag group of artists, musicians and actors will gather to share some “rock star” stories and fun in the sun. The site of this years mischief is Surfside, Texas. Right on the beach. Aghhhhhhhh. Let me hear an amen! Some folks are flying in and some are driving and
Sorry for the prolonged radio silence but things have been a bit chaotic. Two funerals for fathers of childhood friends in a 4 day period and my own father is barely hanging on. We take it day by day and moment by moment and know that things happen in God’s time not ours. I share
Diary of a MAD * FAT * WOMAN..... 