Happy Birthday, Dad
This post was written for the Friday Night Dinner blog. Eating together is an art I learned at an early age. And if you spend any time around me, you […]
This post was written for the Friday Night Dinner blog. Eating together is an art I learned at an early age. And if you spend any time around me, you […]
Meet Bryony. Bryony Owen. Trauma Bond. Two words that hold great power on their own. Put them together and the dynamics instantly change. It’s rare that I hear a person […]
There are 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week and about 8,766 hours in a year. Most of us spend a significant amount of that time sleeping, […]
If you’re keeping up a healthy diet, and I hope that you are, you eat dinner seven times a week. Now, those seven dinners can be a chance for you […]
I know my dinner guests. Their faces pop into my mind as clear as a freshly cleaned window. Before they even arrive I can hear their voices, the various inflections […]
As the small, flaky wafer slowly dissolved on my tongue, a man on stage spoke a message that caused me to hold my breath. I was sitting in church, taking […]
Does this image look familiar? Most of us have seen the Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast. Maybe it was during our childhood, perhaps we caught it when we were […]
When I say “sweet,” you think icing, pink sugary frosting that licks the tops of round cherry-chip cookies. When you bite into one, a rush of candied-fruit flavors floods your […]
“There are two pearls,” my dad told me. “Well, two that I’ve found so far.” Pearls? My eyes widened and I craned my neck forward, waiting to hear about where […]
A man with leathery skin, wearing a well-worn tweed vest and a prayer cloth, ladles fresh milk into a dull tin canister. His name is Tevye, a father of five […]
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