September 19, 2022

Ancestor Trees

Last year my sister and I went to a celebration of our childhood neighborhood. When we were growing up the houses there were just considered old. This event was to celebrate our old stomping grounds as a designated historic street. A neighborhood built as part of a stately development at […]
August 18, 2022

Pass the Baton

The day was finally here. Had it taken months or only weeks to gather the girls into a somewhat organized track team? Our after-school training for the one big meet against the other elementary schools seemed to stretch out for forever. Our school playground was too tight for all of […]
May 16, 2022

Mirror Talk

I suspect I am not the only child in the world who closed herself in the bathroom to practice her acceptance speech. Mine was for the ‘Best Actress’ Academy Award. I embraced my future as the world’s greatest actress when I was in the second grade. Of course, the first […]