While mom stands at the left and grandma frosts the cake, I lick the beaters. Life, in the eyes of a child, as it should be. ******************** I must have been eight or nine, I’m guessing along about 1967 or ’68, when I first realized. Grandpa Eddie and grandma Lalla were visiting us in Gladstone,…
I wonder how many times I tried to climb the old maple tree next to the sidewalk. I never fell out. I jumped from its bottom floor into piles of leaves, piles we’d just raked. We were told to rake and pile again. I wonder how many times I went up and down these stairs.…
A Facebook post provided the segue. It was an open question about understanding transgender people, and asked “What would Jesus do?” The question appeared under a photo of Caitlyn Jenner making her acceptance speech after receiving the Arthur Ashe courage award. The post was about wanting to know how Jesus would behave, what Jesus would…
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In my Aging Studies program, one of my very first reads was about the value of old people, their purpose. Think about that: purpose. What Are Old People For? How Elders Will Save The World is the title, and it’s a delightful read. I’ll devour it again. I highly recommend you do, too. As a…
I’m sneaky. Even though my kids don’t approve–one son gives me the stink eye–it doesn’t stop me. Why should it? They are my everything, and I’m planning. I may find myself alone some day while they are living their lives, as they should. I will want to look at photos if I cannot see them…
finding merle 