Amy’s Sassin’: STASHES novel excerpt

Amy’s Sassin’: STASHES novel excerpt

My mind is mostly where I converse when I’m in Jackie and Steve’s home. Maybe I’m schizophrenic, like my mom, but I think not. I have my wits about me. I try to blend into the family scene. Be pretty, be patient, be seated. Do the dishes, help Jackie when I can; bow...
Leadership

Leadership

  I yield to my husband, the master of details, while I perceive the nuances and the big picture. We each give the other RESPECT. as experienced in our partnership of faith, truth, and love. Oh, and great peace. I think that each of us leads from ‘beside’,...
Blizzard

Blizzard

It’s been a remarkable year, with most of our friends and family back East snowed in and under by weather: withering heights of snow, entrenched anxiety and disheveled spirits. Daggers of ice dripping from eaves, threatening to drive stakes into Spring. The...
Step Child

Step Child

“One of these things is not like the others; one of these things doesn’t belong.” Do you hear that jingle, instituted on Sesame Street on episode one, rummaging around in your brain? Does it resound, helping you to notice aspects of unique,...
Pole barn dance

Pole barn dance

My husband and I recently completed an interior renovation of our three-car garage, a protracted ten-week endeavor that necessitated lengthy mid-day naps. Our energy levels overwhelmed by what we conspired to achieve, we contemplated searching out Geritol to add to...