Normally when I read a book, I read it in one or two sittings. I find reading similar to watching a movie – I can’t do it in parts, I want the entire story lain before me immediately, in its entirety. Currently, I am reading a book about the playwright JM Barrie, the author of…
Preserving love
I had a telephone conversation tonight with my daughter’s aunt. She is the older sister of my deceased ex-boyfriend. I’ve only recently been befriended by her, I’d say in the last year or so. It is a difficult issue to address. I have tried numerous times to put into words the emotion I feel when…
Mother's Day
I am a mother 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Yesterday around 3 pm, I grabbed my youngest sister and hauled her to Key Largo for a little R&R with my grandmother, my mother and my other two sisters (there are four of us, and I’m the oldest). When…
Lemon Cranberry Scones
I spent the majority of today baking. I recently became obsessed with a new book, Confections of a Closet Master Baker, by Gesine Bullock Prado…and I’ve been attempting to recreate some of the most tempting recipes. Today I made a four layer vanilla cake with lemon curd filling and icing. I also made lemon cranberry…
Denial
Waiting and knowing… Like an ocean before us, it rushes forward, then retreats into itself. I smell it, salty and pungent. Overwhelming. The truth burns like sulfur in my nose, my eyes water. I look away. I fight back the tears that come with the knowledge. I fight to appear stoic. You maintain a calm…
Book Review: Confections of a Closet Master Baker by Gesine Bullock Prado
One of the first things I did during my first week of unemployment was go to the local library branch and get a new library card. Its pretty high tech now. Self checkout and all! I didn’t have a particular book in mind so I wondered over to the section where they showcase the new…
Morning Inspiration
Sunlight filters through Warm, brilliant, radiating So full of promise
Trials and Tribulations of Parenthood
I am the mother of a 12 year old girl. She is pretty average as tween girls go. She backtalks a bit, she loves her skinny jeans and Converse sneakers, and she brushes or flat irons her hair a million times a day. Today, for a brief moment, I thought that she might not be…
Lessons learned
And today, a bit of prose…thank you for indulging me. What have we learned today that we did not know yesterday? To laugh louder, deeper, from the gut. To enjoy that spontaneous moment more thoroughly. What have we learned to say that we did not yesterday? I love you. Over and over and over again….
Honesty is the best policy
There comes a time in every woman’s life when she has to grow a pair and say it like it is. One thing my closest friends can all say about me is that I am straightforward. I find that this is the best way to be…it leaves little room for miscommunication and misunderstanding. It makes…