This week I got to go to “the place we call “home” even if we have lived somewhere else for decades longer than we ever lived there.” My mom is turning 80 this week, and I met a cousin and a family friend at my parents’ place to celebrate her. I went up a day … Continue reading Maybe you can go home again

Rehabilitation: “the action of restoring something that has been damaged to its former condition.” Apparently, there is a difference between a house that is a fixer-upper and one that needs rehab. In our Louisiana house, we have replaced the roof, the HVAC, the electrical panel, and the entire plumbing system. We took out a wall … Continue reading The work of our hands

Oh, here’s my Sunday post on Monday. Or, was the post last on Tuesday my Sunday post, and I’m now early for next Sunday’s post? Does it even matter? I am all wonky and discombobulated, even though I’ve been back home for several weeks now and feel as if I should be back on track … Continue reading Wonky