family – thoughts keeping me awake

Salute to Veterans Day

My brothers and I grew up while Vietnam was an active conflict, Congress never called it a war. I remember waiting for their birth dates to be called in the Selective Service Draft lottery. The older ones had numbers in the high 200s. With going to college, the war was over by the time itContinue reading “Salute to Veterans Day”

Lost in Memory

This is the first year that I couldn’t remember the date when my husband died. I, who remembered everything, woke up in late September and had no reference point. No way to remember. Being stubborn and knowing there was a message here, I decided to live with this unknowing until I knew again. This isContinue reading “Lost in Memory”

Reflecting Back, again – flash fiction

I touched the roughen ridge around my eye for the tenth time in the same amount of minutes. I put my hand underneath my butt to stop myself from that repetitive motion. I am afraid I will turn into my old golden lab who licked his paw raw as the thunder storm occurred overhead. IContinue reading “Reflecting Back, again – flash fiction”