Dear Dad,      It’s been six years since I last hugged you. Since I felt the smoosh of your lips against my cheek and heard your voice expressing your so-obvious love for me.  Six years of life on this earth without your presence.  Six years of life without you here.  Six years of missing […]

A dining room chair scrapes along the linoleum floor as its scooted to make room. Taking her place at the dining table the girl surveys the night’s meal. Thrown together in haste, quick elements that taste mediocre and yet are filled with love. Served with an extra helping of frustration and angst from a teenage […]

Our little Foz man. Such a little life bringer, endearing in spirit and stranger to none. In true Fozzy fashion, he left us on a great adventure. He is no longer here with us and how strongly this heart feels his absence. Rather than tell you about his death, I just wanted to share a little […]

Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday toooo MEEEEE. Happy birthday to me. YAY! Another day of quarantine *sigh…Yup, It’s hard for me to get too excited here. Aside from the external factors that have made truly celebrating difficult there is also the tinge of “celebration” guilt that seems to creep in. […]