The Softening Lens of Hindsight
Hindsight’s supposedly 20/20, but the lens of time only softens the jagged edges of my memories, saturating gray moments and placing them in Technicolor light. Last week, for instance, I strolled through the aisles of my husband and my outlet grocery
The Date Night Disaster
All week long I cling to the promise of date night, which gives my husband and me a chance to flirt and laugh like our love is just beginning and not like, in six hours, we will be getting up with our
Smorgasbord Mommy
Before my daughter’s birth, I was determined never to become that mom. You know, the one who forces neighbors within a twenty-mile radius to keep the pediatrician’s number on speed dial and who requires a second medical opinion when defining
Stargazing
Sitting up at night with my infant child, my feet rocking the glider on their own, plots begin to stir and thicken as characters bob to the surface in the sleepy cauldron of my mind. Tomorrow, I think, swaddling my
Winner of Book Giveaway Announced!
Congratulations to Tina Lassister from Tennessee whose name was drawn for Julie Cantrell's NYT and USA Today Bestselling debut novel, Into the Free! Just Facebook your address to me, Tina, and this wonderful book will be on its way! Thanks to everyone who participated; I hope