everything lovely & good

excerpts of a real life with fairytale moments

It’s funny what memories can do to you. I had breakfast with Lynn, my late best friend Carrie’s mother on my birthday back in February.   My gift from her was her company and three photographs of my beloved girl.  Two were photos of us together.  The photo below stopped me in my tracks.  Made my …

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• restful and productive weekends • a clean house • quiet time among the trees • the joy and tastiness of REAL food. • good finds at the thrift store • courage (to take risks) • my lover and best friend Jennifer

Last Sunday would have been my friend Carrie’s 34th birthday.  I felt emotional and sad and wanted desperately to just pull the covers up and hide for the entire day.  I didn’t know how to handle it.  My boss, an amazing woman suggested sending her a card; so I did.  It was a comedy of …

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This old house

December 31, 2011

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I used to live here. I cried, laughed, broke in and out, fell in love…or what I thought was love, healed, fell apart and really lived.

I’m nostalgic today. Right now as I type I am parked in the old driveway and somewhere on the wind I hear my best friends laughter from a long long time ago.