Blue. Or maybe sort of a deep violet, like when the sun is setting in the desert sky. Yeah. That's how she feels. Not quite sad or depressed. Just kind of in the feels of it all with a touch of alone sprinkled with a fine dusting of "damn, I wish the sun would come…
Conversations Inside My Head and Out
Daughter: I can't believe that I'm going to graduate high school in only seventy-one days. Me: WHAT?! InternalMe: WHAT?! WHERE DID THE TIME GO? I'VE LOOKED FORWARD TO THESE YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP AND SHOPPING AND HUGS AND COFFEE AND SHARED INTERESTS AND TV TOGETHER. HAS IT BEEN FOUR YEARS ALREADY?! Daughter: Yeah, I can't wait. I…
The Little Things
He wakes me gently to let me know he's leaving for work, because he knows that I have a little panic attack when I wake up and he's not there. He covers me up with the crocheted afghan, because he knows that I get cold even though I insist on sleeping with one foot poking…
TWO DAYS LEFT…Starry Night Prom Fundraiser on Facebook
We are in the last two days of this Facebook Fundraiser for Starry Night Prom 2018 which started on #GivingTuesday! You wonderful supporters kicked us off right and we are currently at $889. That is awesome. So, it just dawned on that I never did post the history of Starry Night Prom. My apologies. It's…
A Starry Night Setback
I was saddened just now to read on our Starry Night Prom fundraiser page the following message from #GivingTuesday: " #GivingTuesday Match Report On Nov 28, we raised $45 million for causes around the world. Unfortunately, your fundraiser didn't receive a match this year, but from all of us at Facebook, thank you for being…
Starry Night Prom 2018 Is STILL Accepting Donations via Facebook
Are you upset that you missed the #GivingTuesday donation day for Starry Night Prom? Don't be! Our Facebook Fundraiser is still open and will remain open through December 5, 2017. While the matching of donations is no longer available, you can still donate by clicking on THIS LINK RIGHT HERE to donate via the Network…
Set Your Alarms for 8 O’Clock Tuesday Morning, Y’all
We are so excited! Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday. We are so stoked to be participating in the fundraising again this year. You know what is so cool about giving on the 28th of November, though? Facebook AND the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be matching all nonprofits donations after 8 a.m. on Tuesday, 28 November…
It Doesn’t Mean I Don’t Love You
When a woman decides to leave the business world to stay at home and take care of her family, it is a huge decision. Sometimes men, and even some women, think that it is a choice that these women come to quite easily; that it is their "nature" to be in the home raising the…
XX Year Anniversary of XXIX
I woke up to that awesome "wall of guitars" this morning. I was intrigued, yet slightly annoyed, that someone was in my bedroom playing a hauntingly echoing version of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" while I slept. Then I remembered that I had changed my ringtone on my cellphone the other day. So I pulled my phone…
The Secret of Us
This past Sunday my mom texted me at 11:45 p.m. and told me, "Happy Anniversary!" There was a meme attached with floating red hearts. It was very sweet. I know how she must have felt relieved that she got us the message before midnight...just under the deadline. I got out of bed and walked down…
The Deep Down 