It’s been a rough 3 years. Four moves in three years but each time, for the better. Ever notice how the “event” that changes your life seemingly happens instantly but the recovery process takes forever? Not a completely true statement but that is the way it seems — or the way it is perceived. One of [...]
Two years ago this past December, I had the worst day of my life. I wrote about it in a short essay titled Something Was Wrong — A Daughter’s Story. It lives with me everyday. Two nights ago, I had a bit of deja vu. It was New Year’s Eve afternoon and we were moving [...]
Today, I was gearing up to clean house. This is quite a chore right now since we are also in the midst of packing and moving. But, since I had uncovered some dust and debris while wrapping and packing treasures to take to the new house, I figured now was as good a time as [...]
I walked to the steaming coffee pot this morning, after a pit stop in the bathroom, filled my Mickey Mouse mug to the brim with the aromatic brew and headed to the front porch. Still a bit chilly but I was hoping the cool, crisp air would lift the fog that had settled on my [...]
The prompt for this short memoir writing was – “A Serreal Moment in your Life.” The glorious light — amber, crimson, and gold with hints of azure — had a life unto itself. Beautiful even as it consumed its victim. Shimmering and swaying at the mercy of the wind, the dance continued. It would [...]
I was talking with my neighbor tonight and we got on the subject of writing memoir — life stories. He said, “I can’t write a memoir. I don’t have an addiction, illness or abuse story to write and I’m not famous.” I just looked at him at first. I asked if he really thought that [...]
I sat forward in my stadium seat, straining to get the first glimpse of Haley as the graduates marched in to the familiar strains of Pomp and Circumstance. It wasn’t easy to pick her out of the 677 students. They weren’t arranged alphabetically and she had just said, “right side, close to the middle”. Beside [...]
Memoir Examples Memoir comes in all different forms. Recently, I have been reminded of when my kids were younger. In exactly 52 days, my daughter, Haley, will become a high school graduate — and I will be catapulted into the next stage of my life whether I want to be or not — but that’s a different [...]
Where the Heck is Easy Street? Did I Miss the Exit? I hear on the news that the recession is over and things are improving. They have a different view from their window than the one from my small apartment. I thought I was on a parallel boulevard to Easy Street at one time: a small business owner [...]
The past couple of weeks have given me a roller coaster ride of emotions. Some I have cherished, others I will never forget and wish that I could. My dad had an emergency double by-pass on Sunday, February 20th. He came through the surgery wonderfully and was off the ventilator in record time. The prognosis [...]
Tomorrow (Sunday), about this time, my dad should be in post-op after having undergone open heart surgery for a double by-pass. I know these type surgeries are done everyday, successfully, but not to my dad. Sitting here, a thousand miles away, I feel helpless. I’m not sure what I would be doing if I was [...]
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I have written all my life — some poetry, some personal essay, some memoir stories (longer than essay). I enjoy reading non-fiction as well as fiction. Life is about learning
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