There is a calmness after a storm, A place where the ground is tender and can bare our footprints. Where raindrops wait on petals, delicately. The moment after a storm…still and silent, which…

                    The other day we had a scare at the hospital. Without a moment of hesitation I called French Husband and the children (they arrive today.) Then I went back to my Father’s room…

                    When I was a child I had an incredible imagination, and with that came terrific nightmares. Many nights, nearly every night, until I was fourteen I woke up panic-filled with my heart beating…

                The other day when I flew from France to California I thought I was lucky to have a window seat. Two men sat by me. They had a ferocious smell about them. I put…

                Yesterday wasn't the best day, but it wasn't the worse day either. One thing I have learned standing by my Father's bedside (in the ICU at the hospital) is that there are good moments…

             My Father is in the ICU. He passed a very large kidney stone causing his kidney to tear. It is still bleeding. Because of his other illness (a rare bone marrow cancer) his doctors prefer…