First, thanks for your generous responses to my new focus on dying on my blog. I wish I could write everyday. But as every adventure should be, this one is full of surprises. What may have seemed like fun one day is a total dud the next. I hope to address a topic tonight that …
Tag: love
Dear Wannabe Facebook Friends:
I apologize for being negligent in responding to all of you. For weeks now, no months, you have urgently showed up in my Friend box asking me to be your Friend. Now, whatever photos you may have seen of me, might make me look like I need Friends, and perhaps that’s why you landed on …
Black Plastic Glasses and Other Blessings
Summer time, especially today with overcast skies, merits a trip into family nostalgia. Look what I found on an old external hard drive: A delightful sibling memory! From the file: Lois Roelofs/Stories//10-25-2001 You have to meet my sister Rose. She can change your life if you’re not careful. Recently, I made a major career …
Give Up Engagement Gift???
As I recall, my husband couldn’t afford a diamond when he proposed to me a year before marriage. Instead, for an engagement present, he gave me a set of Noritake china. That was in 1961, 49 years ago. I used it for a few years after our marriage when we had “company.” When the kids …