by Carole Duff | Jul 17, 2012 | Family, Nature |
Have you ever been driving along in a rain shower, which suddenly turns into a blinding, thundering downpour? It’s not as if you didn’t see the storm coming. There had been plenty of warning. Looking out your bedroom windows while getting dressed for dinner, clouds...
by Carole Duff | May 14, 2012 | Family, Nature |
Last week, I spent time with my mother, helping her sort clothes, pictures and other items in her home of almost 60 years, the home where she raised her children and hosted her grandchildren, and now the home she is leaving. It is time for another young family to...
by Carole Duff | May 7, 2012 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, economist Charles Wheelan wrote about the things that he wished his commencement speaker had told him. Number 7 on the list of 10: “Your parents don’t want what is best for you.” Huh? You mean that after doing my best to...
by Carole Duff | Apr 16, 2012 | Family, Writing and Reading |
Maybe I missed something. With all the political posturing surrounding Hilary Rosen’s comment about Ann Romney not working a day in her life, I haven’t heard a word about time. We all have 24 hours in a day for however long our lives last on earth. How do we choose to...
by Carole Duff | Jan 2, 2012 | Family |
Last week, I wrote about my son at age 10, the beginning of the double digits. This week, I begin the New Year with a story about my daughter when she was 10 years old. As recorded in a letter to my parents, here is what she wrote on her marker board on January 2,...
by Carole Duff | Dec 26, 2011 | Family |
Wednesday, November 10, 1993 Dear Mother and Daddy, It is another cool, grey day with a promise of sun – typical late fall in Dallas. Thank you so much for the 12 days of Christmas glasses. They are so pretty and will help us remember the lyrics. After 8 Maids ‘a...
