It is my firmly held belief that each spouse in every marriage ought to perpetually have on his or her nightstand a good book on the topic of marriage. This is not to say, exactly, that John and I are both devouring a new marriage book every day, nor that my primary reading is necessarily…
Archive | October, 2009
Autumn Leaves
“Summer’s loss seems little, dear, on days like these.” -Ernest Dowson “It snowed on the hills around us last night.” The phrase from one of the letters Merritt wrote me during our years of friendship always comes to mind this time of year. As in his letter (a particular favorite, which I carried around in…
The Giant Fear
Have you ever seen a giant, or perhaps you’ve heard it noised about the camp that “there be giants in the land”? Let me tell you, it is all too true. There are giants out there, and they will get you if you don’t watch out. I rather think that the giants I see might…
Mommy Dayze
Whether it was walking around at the county fair Saturday night, the extra dark Lindt chocolate (85% cocoa) my husband bought me after the fair, or all the red raspberry leaf and pregnancy tea I’d been drinking the past six months, we got to hold our second daughter almost two weeks before her due date….
