The travellers have returned. Kelly and Sterling headed off with Casey to fly to Kansas last Thursday, a trip they’ve made many times before but always on a direct flight. Now there are no direct flights between KC and Austin, and even though the plane change was just at Love Field, we were nervous about their negotiating…
Life Its Own Self
Once many years ago, when Kelly was a toddler, I was in conversation with a man from San Antonio, which has nothing to do with anything except that’s the only thing I remember about him, aside from what I here relate. When he learned my daughter had Down syndrome, he spoke of a family friend…
Be Not Afraid
Last week was hard for me. There was strife and I don’t like strife. There were disagreements and I don’t like disagreements. By the end of the week I was anxious and unable to sleep. And fearful. Never mind what’s going on. It’s nothing that hasn’t happened before and it will surely happen again. The problem…
If I Needed You
Whew. Yesterday was Jerry’s birthday, the end of a long month of family birthdays. Out of 16 members of our immediate family (Jerry and I, our four daughters, three sons-in-law, six grandkids, and one grandson-in-law) nine of us are blessed with birthdays in the merry month of May. (Actually, I suspect the really merry month…