PART 1 “MY MOTHER ONLY TURNS SIXTY-FIVE ONCE! IF IT HURTS SO MUCH, CALL A CAB!”
Two Wreaths
At my father’s funeral, a woman I’d never seen walked up the aisle with two teenagers
The Window Bed
I was in the hospital for nine days after a fall. My son visited once. He
The Hedge
My late husband planted a lilac hedge along our yard in 1976. Last Tuesday the new
The Pen Pal
I’m 79. Last month a stranger mailed me a box of 212 letters I wrote between
Grandma’s Invoice
For six years I watched my daughter’s three kids every weekday from 7 a.m. to 6
The Dating Profile
For my 76th birthday, my three grown sons made me an online dating profile. As a
The Cufflinks
For our 40th anniversary I gave my husband a pair of silver cufflinks engraved with our
The Tablecloth
For 38 years I hosted Thanksgiving for my family. This year my daughter-in-law took over. She
The Lake House
My wife died in April. By June, her two grown sons had listed our lake house