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Which Way Should I Go? Once I lost a houseboat. It was embarrassing. On board was a whole company of family members; my three older sisters, my husband, three sons, a brother-in-law and two nephews.  Though there was plenty of room for everyone on the houseboat, my husband understood that I still needed my space.…

Sorting The Laundry Mom taught me how to do the laundry out of necessity. As a fresh widow who went to work full-time to support a household of dependents, at thirteen, I became the fill-in homemaker.  I vividly remember my first lesson in doing the laundry. We stood in the chilly room located in a…

Blurry View As a mom raising my young sons, I took my job seriously. When they were outside playing, I kept an ear and an eye out for their safety. When they had a runny nose, cough, or fever, I made sure to give them the care they needed to get well.   Consequently, when I…

Plowing My husband-to-be had always imagined building a home in the country, so before we tied the matrimony knot, we searched for that perfect piece of land on which to build our home. The day we found it was magical.  My stride matched my husband’s-to-be as we walked the parcel side by side locating the…