"We Don't Have a Baby in the House Anymore"
After Mother's Day "We don't have a baby in the house anymore," Maria had several times told me in a nostalgic tone. Our youngest...
"As Far As My Knee Can Bend"
A Mother's Day Tribute to Mom For over a year now, it has been no longer possible for me to make a single genuflection (bending a knee to...
A Peace Offering
The other day, when my wife opened the front door, she saw a plastic grocery bag containing a loaf of banana bread and a small piece of...
"Behold the birds of the air . . ."
My wife and I have a new pastime or means of entertainment. It's bird-watching (and feeding) at home. We both enjoy waiting for birds to...
"It's All Covered!"
"It's all covered," the waitress serving my wife and me at a late lunch the other day in a Korean restaurant said when I asked for our...
Two Trash Collectors
This morning I immediately jumped out of bed after my sleep was interrupted by what I thought was a single ring of our doorbell. When I ...
