Do you ever have a time when you are driving along and completely zone out, miss a turn and not even realize it till you are miles away? You clearly know the route you were supposed to take, but your mind was in another place. Not paying attention to the present. You were fixated on […]
Sitting across the table from the recruiting officer, listening to his descriptive adventures of being an Airdale flight navigator. Our son Carder, at age seventeen was asked what he would like to do for the Coast Guard. He replied “I.T.” The petty officer, said “Oh, no, you don’t want to do that. You would end […]
An hour after sunset, I attempt blow dry my hair. Although it’s so humid, I can’t get it fully dry. Ah…gotta love summertime in the south. Deciding to move here, after our first visit in July of 2011, when it was sweltering hot. I admit, I was a little afraid of the heat. Now, almost […]
Writing is a new discipline for me. Actually, I have kept a personal journal for years. So I should say that public posting of writing is a new discipline for me. One of the best gifts I ever received was during my high school graduation. It was a book gift set that contained a published […]
Going off island is rather an event at our house. Usually at least one of the girls will ask to go with us, as they want to stop by a store or pick something up that is not available on this clump of Tybee sand. About a week ago, I had a few errands to […]
Summer mornings on Tybee. Warm yellow and pink hues bounce off of my walls on the mornings I sleep in past 7:05. Placing each foot on the floor as I fumble to find my glasses. Rich coffee aroma, draws me into the open living room/dining room/kitchen of our little apartment. I never regret taking time […]
Red brick with light sand mortar blurs past. A little boy wearing blue is walking next to me. I am moving along quickly, but I am not walking. I describe this scene to my mother, who explains this would have been a day during the first few months of my life.We lived in an apartment […]
Now that the warm weather is here to stay, I plan on using my bike to get around more often. A favorite summertime activity for Ava and me is to ride our bikes to watch the sunset. Tonight after we finished eating and cleaning up the kitchen, we grabbed our bikes and headed to the […]
I came to the conclusion several years ago that I cannot make everyone happy. I was naturally an introvert and would avoid controversy for the sake of being contrary or hurting someone’s feelings. But that did not mean that I did not have an opinion on a hot topic, I usually just held my tongue. […]
During an ice skating trip in our Nation’s capitol, just before my nineteenth birthday he caught my attention. Sean and I had been friends for about five months, but we lived over an hour away from each other. The times we did hang out were always in a large groups and at parties, so I […]