by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
I know I just extolled the virtues of Alaska living in last week’s re-post. In truth, I have a love/ hate relationship with Alaska, the place where I’ve lived more than four decades now. On one hand, it’s brutally cold and dark for well over half the...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
Sisters in track and in life met for the first time a few months ago. It’s amazing what a seemingly trivial decision can make, isn’t it? If 17 year-old Jordan Dickerson had not decided to run track to get in shape, she may never have met her long lost...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
What is the role of a mother? To protect her children, to comfort them when life acts up, to guide and to amuse them, among other things. It’s a big job when shared with a partner. It is an impossible job when attempted alone. As a single-parent, I’ve welcomed any...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
This past week, the story of the missing mom who returned after ten years caught my eye. Did you see it? Alachua County Jail Brenda Heist was apparently overwhelmed by her divorce in 2002, so the Pennsylvania mom of two disappeared. For good. Leaving her estranged...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
Have you ever made a really tough decision that took you off-course in a positive direction? I’d read about a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris in Missouri who returned an engagement ring that had accidentally been dropped into his donation jar. Harris had been...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
Do you ever look at old pictures of yourself and feel compassion for the younger you? I’d been thinking of my youth this week even before my sister posted this picture on her Facebook account from 25 years ago. Me with first daughter, 1987. March is always a...