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The Joy of Coming Home
I pack the last suitcase and set it near the others with a happy sigh. Gulf Shores, Alabama, offers white-sand beaches, thrilling dolphin sightings, balmy weather, and a chance to play tennis nearly every day. Still, it isn’t home. I miss family, friends, and neighbors. I miss our church, Kiwanis meetings, browsing the shelves at […]
Chasing Spring (and a puppy’s great escape)
Spring has a way of tossing wild possibilities at our feet — the kind that can leave us breathless before we even realize we’ve started running. Gulf waves roll in with a steady hush. The beach stretches empty in both directions. For a moment, everything feels right with the world. Then my four-month-old puppy, Sunnie, […]
The Day My Smile Disappeared
One minute I had a front tooth. The next minute I didn’t. I was standing in the bathroom—not eating, not flossing my teeth—when it suddenly fell out. I truly can’t remember what I was doing seconds before because the shock wiped all other thoughts away. I looked in the mirror, horrified. There are certain dental […]
Beach Hair. Don’t Care
There’s a faint crunch beneath my feet when I walk across the condo floor. My black pants are decorated with sandy paw prints. My hair hasn’t obeyed me for days. And the funny thing is — I don’t care. There’s something about being near the ocean — and on vacation — that lowers expectations. And […]
The Seasons of a Life
I didn’t watch much TV as a child, but I remember the loyal Lassie and Flipper, the dolphin who could solve nearly anything with a flick of its tail. In those shows, problems wrapped up neatly in thirty minutes. Goodness prevailed. As a teen, my TV watching increased, and I became obsessed with That Girl, […]
If this is Utopia, Where’s My Nap?
When I was still teaching, I used to fantasize about retirement. In my imagination, it was a magical land of unlimited, unscheduled time — a bright tunnel of endless hours stretching toward infinity. In that perfect world, I could take a two o’clock powernap every day. The gardens were gloriously weedless, my nails were always […]
Sunnie’s Guide to Living Well
Our mini goldendoodle, Sunnie, burst into our lives, bringing along a surprising number of life lessons and gentle truths. Here’s a sampling of Sunnie’s guide to living well. Take time to stretch. Right after Sunnie gets out of her crate, she performs what I can only describe as puppy yoga. She lengthens her body, curls […]
Love is in the Air — and Her Name is Sunnie
This will be my husband Frank’s and my 50th Valentine’s together. In honor of the day, we had planned to exchange the Valentine’s Day cards I save each year — why spend money buying new ones? — and settle in to watch a romantic comedy. That was before we got a new puppy. We named […]