It has been snowing here in D.C. for what feels like weeks. It’s only been one. We have more snow than I have ever seen in my life. Somewhere around three feet.
My family of six has been in our house together since Saturday. Tomorrow is Thursday. Yes, we go out to play and for walks,...
but you can’t take the country out of the girl.
I grew up in the country. And spent most of my time trying to figure out how to get out of the country. I wanted to be anywhere but there in the country.
And now, after spending years living in various cities and suburbs, from one end...
At the beginning of the school year, in September, I attended a school program for the handing out of bus patrol belts. It was in the gymnasium. I sat next to a grandfather, the father of a close friend of mine. He’s the grandfather to one of my oldest daughter’s best friends. We chatted. He...
