Yesterday after work, I met a friend for happy hour and had two drinks. Afterward, I went to another friend’s house for dinner, and had some wine with my meal. I wasn’t even remotely drunk, but you see that no longer matters. This time last year, I would’ve hopped out of bed the next morning [...]
Anger is an interesting thing. It can start with something that happened so long ago you can barely remember, but that’s all it takes - like a bitter seed planted into your soul. As a matter of self-preservation, you shove it down and try to move on. But it’s there, nagging, like a rock in [...]
This weekend ended up being a weekend of firsts for me.
It was the first time I attempted to make a cherry pie, and the first crust I’d made from scratch. It was the first time I’d ridden on the back of an ATV sitting on a feed bucket. It was the first time I’d picked [...]
Since the concept of divorce became real in my life, there have been a lot of people who have given me advice or encouragement. I know that all of them mean well, and many times people, particularly those who have been in my situation, provide good insight. But some of the opinions I hear concern [...]
My dad is not like others. Every Father’s Day, marketing departments try to pigeon-hole dads into three main categories: the fisher, the golfer, and the tie-wearer. My dad may wear a fishing hat, but he doesn’t fish. He doesn’t like golf. And since his retirement, he only wears a tie to weddings and funerals. Even [...]
Three of my girlfriends and I spent Memorial Day weekend at a resort on Lake Travis near Austin. We’re all so busy it was like herding cats to get everyone there at the same time. But we did it, and I am so glad we did.
It had been a stressful week, so we were ready [...]
I went to a baby shower last weekend for one of my sweetest friends. As you can imagine, since I’m so old, this was not my first rodeo. I have been to my fair share of baby showers over the years, and I’ve noticed that there are some unspoken rules that people tend to adhere [...]
When I was in high school, I hated the fact that people treated me like I was a child and I didn’t know anything. In college, I was still considered young, but people seemed to listen to me a little more and might have even thought I knew what I was talking about. Sometimes.
After college, [...]
A friend of mine is always doing things to push his body: running a half marathon without training, living on lunchmeat, eating raw chorizo from a tube. So when he started taking these new dietary supplements, we just thought it was more of the same. Then slowly, he began convincing us, one by one, to [...]
Galveston has a lot of memories for hubby and me. Our first spontaneous drive to Stewart Beach. Sneaking onto the roof of the Tremont Hotel with an ice bucket of homemade margaritas and watching the ships roll in. Walking down the Strand in our formal wear after a college formal. Spending our first wedding anniversary [...]