[pinit] Monday morning, we lined Main street. Dressed in red, white, and blue while waving the stars and stripes we craned our necks to see the parade start down the street. I was surprised at the turnout. The Memorial Day parade in our little town is notoriously short and simple. No big floats. Not a […]
sacrifice
It's always a matter of life and death
Three years ago if you had told me that running 15.6 miles would change my life, I would have replied, “You mean end my life?” I couldn’t run 2 miles nor did I want to. But this past Saturday, I’m glad I ran those 15.6 miles, even though I was sick. I fought a terrible […]
Love Under the Hood of my Car
I peered out the front windows, ivory sheers in right hand, forehead furrowed. In the street my tan car sat forlorn and sick. Wide shoulders hunched over inspecting, replacing, fixing. Hydraulics long gone, a jug of windshield fluid held the hood open. He should have been somewhere else. But he’d answered my distress call. Like […]