LOL Carol Kean would say, "Get a spatula. Scrape the fish off the floor. Rinse it gently under the faucet. Ok, good to go." I'm leaning toward the pantry chef having panicked at the sight of

Eeeeeek!!! I almost quit reading at this point: Most people don't gouge at their eyeballs like that. Like, full on, with your fingernail. Eye wide open Glad I stayed with it. LOVE this. The boy had a wandering

Ohhh yes, the stories that could be told - I think one has already emerged (see: the we-write, hosted by @owasco). I love this!! To be so busy, so hard working, yet loving it (and able to lug a hundred-pound

Shared! (are you on Twitter?)

For me too, the second stanza stood out - give them the best! Gifts to the fairies (sp) - what a lovely concept! And is it just to keep them from doing mischief, or will the gifts build connections and

Runt Odel...!!!! Omg!! The very name makes me laugh... and remembering the story... it's been a while.

Ohhhh man, I love this - and it seems perfect, and complete, as is. But would I dare, could I, should I.... A fish out of water, a fish out of the skillet and face down on the floor, and someone important

They are SO BLESSED that you take time to write!!!!

... and answer NO when prompted whether or not I want to update my password. It's why I now use KeyChain instead. Oh man... the things I need to learn. And remember. THANK YOU Tomorrrow I'll take a stab

Ohhhhh man, I'm sorry I asked, or actually, just sorry. Oh those two boys! Oh their parents, their families! We lose people to rivers and lakes, and even then, some are never found. But the ocean... Ok,

To be on the water, in a boat that could sink, To see the storm coming, to "batten down the hatches" and work to stay afloat... Reminds me of that movie, The Perfect Storm, and how upset I am

Still thinking of you and your family - I fall off the face of the earth fairly often, these days, but I think of so many Freewrite Friends and Hivers and Silvebloggers and creatives. Imagining/hoping/trusting

Maybe if I log out here, and log in again on my old pc.... (I have seen these before, and tried it before) -

THANK YOU, thank you, and not "too much info" at all - For some reason, my passwords appear to have been altered while stored in Chrome, but I will keep trying to get in. Pay it forward, some

I'm so glad your one sister got clean, and hoping/praying your daughter will too. What stories - how do we all survive so many things - and on top of it all, FIRE ANTS..... Prayers, for sure. I have a

Now I'm wondering what new german medicine has to say about it.... We all made mistakes. It's how the world operates. It's what we do. SURVIVING all the gaffes and blunders and malpractice and bad advice

My heart goes out to you too @wandrnrose7 ---- and grandkids we don't get to see because their mom (our own daughter!) withholds them... I haven't blogged about it yet, but I'm in that boat too. Love this,

Ohhhh, I'm so sorry. Watching a loved one go down that road, the one leading to ruin, and having no powers of persuasion to reel them back - in 1987 I was advised that my sister (alcoholism) would have

If I had it to do again I would NOT LISTEN to those who advised us to circumcize. The baby was traumatized, and so was I ... more than once... at age two, this pediatrician yanking back on the skin that

Mary Oliver to the rescue - you've mentioned Niko as a being of light!