Posted in authors, blogging, dogs, drinks, Family, Fiction, friends, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, love, writing, tagged celebrations, child, childless, children, dogs, fur babies, fur baby, labrador retriever, labs, mother's day, motherless, mothers, toasts on May 14, 2018| 6 Comments »
So yesterday was a day to celebrate our mothers. We all have, or had, a mother who in so many ways changed and shaped our lives for better or worse, hopefully better. I lost my mother to cancer in 2008 and I miss her darn near every single day. My husband lost his mother in . . . em . . . 2002 I believe. So, we’re both motherless and therefore don’t “celebrate” our mothers on Mother’s Day except via clinking of glasses when we go out to eat in their honor. (more…)
Posted in blogging, Family, Fiction, fingers, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, love, writing, tagged aches, aging, daily pain, daughters, headaches, injuries, joint pain, mothers, pains, parents, phantom pain, random, sore back, teenager, unexplainable pain on July 31, 2017| 15 Comments »
I remember my mom sometimes complaining about little aches and pains she was experiencing, almost every day. (I’m sure I was the cause of some of those headaches.) Anyway, as a teen-ager I used to think my mom was just saying these things so my brother and I would feel sorry for her and not give her any grief those days because she wasn’t feeling good. I mean, come on, how can someone have a new pain every – single – day? (more…)
