The Wink

A Poignant Memory

Sean sent me an email the other day that said: I miss my wife.Pretty to the point. Refreshing to have someone not mince words. I miss my wife. Well, I miss my husband damnit. You swear you won’t do it. You won’t let romance slip away. You won’t let the spark flicker, but sometimes, despite your best efforts, you [...]

Make It Stop

Lump in my throat. Shaky voice. Palpable yearning. Fidgety arms needing someone to hold. Total inability to focus on anything but the ache. I miss Briar. I miss Sean. I just want time with my family. Seems too much like ships in the night.I know I preached about squeezing the most out of life and thriving on the frenetic schedule - ENOUGH ALREADY!My daughter [...]

Keeping Up

I don’t know how we are supposed to do it. So many things happen every day. Night before last, Briar and I were just getting home from the grocery store.I had her in my arms as I opened up the back of the car.I took a step back to look up at the sky and I saw [...]

Introducing soft serve ice ceam

*Disclaimer:I don’t know what has happened to me.I think I am trying to loosen up before her 1st birthday.Everyone has a picture of smashing and eating cake on their first birthday.Briar has barely tasted sugar. I refuse to believe this is some sick spiralinto letting her eat crap all the time. Anyway, this is us [...]

What was that?

Whew, that was cold!

It’s actually pretty tasty..

Fun at the Washington County Fair.

Corn Shack Baby

You know those decisions you make that you ultimately look back on, and not only regret, but really wonder what the hell you were thinking? Take a look at this photo and tell me: Would you buy corn chowder from this man? Later I’ll try and describe Sean’s experience with $4 and a serious leap of faith. I still [...]

Not Open For Business, Yet

Ever feel like you are being tested?As if the corn chowder trauma wasn’t bad enough,Sean had an incredible experience with this innocentlooking calzone shack. This too, will be written about,but, to use a phrase the woman working in the shack uttered, “Not for some 20 minute” - which you will find out is far longer than the [...]