Dear Darlings, Some things about this pandemic have absolutely, 100 percent sucked, but I will take one beautifully stunning memory with me for eternity because this happened.… Read more “A Mother’s Day Celebration. Pandemic Style.”

Dear Darlings, So, this happened today. At 7:36 I reached for my phone to see what the day would bring. I was lying in bed, comfortable, warm… Read more “Really? In the middle of the Pandemic?”

Dear Darlings, Horatio. Dear, sweet Horatio. He has been our savior in this new way of life we now embrace. Going from just Stan and me at… Read more “Horatio and the house elves”

Dear Darlings, Yesterday, in the midst of this pandemic, I did something unfathomable…I took a shower, put on make up, got dressed in real clothes (not just… Read more “Here’s Looking at you, Kid!”

Dear Darlings, Sooo…you thought you were empty nesters. Or getting ready to send your kids off to college, or getting ready to put your little one in… Read more “From two to five”

Dear Darlings, During this crazy, stress-filled, panic-inducing, social distancing time I was asked to blog again, or rather told that I need to write this down. This… Read more “Cocky”

Dear Darlings, For the weeks and months leading up to Claire’s departure for college, I struggled with “What’s next in my life?” I struggled, too, with the… Read more “A new chapter”

Dear Darlings, The last two years have been life altering and life affirming for me. I spent them in the company of people who lift me up… Read more “This one I earned”

My sweet baby girl, For the past year, I’ve been living on this lovely little piece of land, and it’s a gorgeous plot, right on a beautiful… Read more “Up a river”

My sweet, darling Claire, All too soon, you’ll be a high school graduate and ready to take on new chapters and new adventures. I know it’s an… Read more “I Waited For you”