Hope seemed out of the question. As we returned home from Long Island, where we had celebrated my grandson's first birthday, we were mired in non-stop traffic when my cell phone rang. The call was from the dog sitter. While vying for a tennis ball thrown up high, Mac and Cody had collided mid-air, and Mac was now in acute pain, his leg dangling uselessly by his side. Our frantic trip to the ER as … [Read more...]
Sandwiched Between Chaos And Delight
Our trip over President's Day weekend to visit my son, daughter-in-law and six-month-old grandson did not begin auspiciously. Before we even arrived in New York, our brand-new dog sitter phoned to tell us that, while she was throwing the ball in the rec room for fetch--crazy Mac, (our youngest Dal), had crashed into the wine rack, smashing a full bottle of one of my favorites, that had then poured … [Read more...]
My Wild Child Strikes Again…The Inconvenience of Love
Last week's trip to New York was everything I had hoped it would be. I had plenty of opportunity to visit with friends, as well as with my son and daughter-in-law-but mostly I spent a lot of cuddle time with my new grandson. He, of course, was the highlight of my weekend in Manhattan, with his beautiful brown eyes and ear-to-ear grins, and that special fragrance that seems part and parcel of … [Read more...]
Building A Nest In Maryland
For the first time in a long time, children dressed in costumes and shrieking "Trick or Treat" will clamor at the stoop of my house on October 31st. In California, we lived at the end of a long and dark street where no child ever ventured; over the course of the past sixteen years, I didn't buy even one Mars Bar for the holiday and my doorbell didn't ring a single time. Here in Maryland, we live … [Read more...]
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