The thing that I love and equally hate about vacation is we’re off schedule. Or, there is no schedule? Perhaps routine is a better word. Go here, do this, fit this in and let’s not forget about that. Beach today? What are we cooking for dinner? Oh, there’s a new ice cream place in town?...
I settle onto the couch early this morning. The sun is still hiding behind the horizon, but the glow of daylight is beginning to fill the room around me. I watch as long shadows begin to creep onto the floor, up the wall. I hear the mourning doves through the open windows. They are...
I am lost in sleep. Somewhere between a dream that seems real and one that seems impossible. I feel it in my dream–the gentle, tap, tap, tap of fingers on my back. I ignore it at first–it’s only a dream. I try to stay there, in the dream. Stay with the sleep. Then I...
A wedding day unfolds much like a marriage. You can plan all you want, but you never know exactly what will happen until you walk through it. We arrived for Jeff & Suny’s wedding day and shielded our eyes against the bright sunshine that bathed the venue in the morning. The day acted as it...
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