Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost Good news: this week I found out I have something in common with Benjamin Franklin. Bad news: it’s GOUT! When the swelling and pain in my right foot came on virtually overnight (I’m guessing my body revolted when…
Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost Last Sunday I was sitting in Relief Society (the woman’s organization of the Latter-Day Saint Church) when I noticed something quite profound. The discussion leader began her presentation by saying that she had five quotes from the lesson…
Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost Peaches. For the past 10 days, our counters have been loaded with bags and bowls of peaches off the little tree in our backyard. Several years ago my niece gave that young peach tree to Daughter #1 as…
Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost At two o’clock in the morning last week I woke up gasping for air. My chest seemed to have no inclination for response to my body’s ragged demands for oxygen. I stood staring at the pale face in…
Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost When Son #2 was three years old, I signed him and his two older siblings up for swimming lessons at the local recreation center. Since a neighbor had also registered a couple of her kids, we planned to…
Home is where, when you go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost I have always liked teenagers—a condition which my mother insisted could only be explained by some sort of serious genetic abnormality. (In her defense, my brothers would have convinced anyone that adolescence was a developmental life-cycle to be avoided!) On…
Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost I made a batch of my grandma’s homemade ice cream last week. (Two batches, in fact—my brother and I cleaned out the first batch in a matter of hours!) Family legend says our ancestors, who fled the early…
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost Last week, to celebrate the 4th of July, I reread The Declaration of Independence. Born into a military family, patriotism is part of my DNA. I’ve been to Independence Hall in Philadelphia, walked the blood-soaked ground…
Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost This week I was at the center of a stampede, albeit a small one. Five beautiful rodeo horses raced back and forth around me looking to escape my neighborhood. I never realized before how daunting it is to…
Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost This is a story about a boy, two mothers, and three fathers. It’s a story of grief and resilience and dedication. But most of all it is a tale of love. It began at an ending. Though it…