Tag: personal stories
member name: Gisela S.
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May 27, 2006 07:41 PM EDT --
It was supposed to be a nice quiet morning of Gathering. I'd been away in the real world, and all I wanted to do was to catch up a bit on what had been happening over the past couple of weeks. . . .
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March 27, 2008 08:30 AM EDT --
Apparently, photographs to chronicle and commemorate one's surgical procedures are standard fare these days. Oh yes, printed on a glossy sheet of photo paper, my ovaries and abdominal cavity . . .
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June 01, 2006 04:54 PM EDT --
"I just know I'm forgetting something...."
"There's a hole in your pants."
"I know dear."
"Well, aren't you going to change them?"
"No dear." . . .
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June 06, 2006 09:26 AM EDT --
As much as I love to fly, I was more than ready to stretch my legs by the time our six hour plane ride to Kona neared its close. The days leading up to our departure had been filled with a million . . .
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March 31, 2008 12:31 PM EDT --
In the summer of 2006, my husband's Aunt Tillie and Uncle Ed celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. To commemorate the event, their children, spouses/partners as well as Fred, Danielle . . .
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January 26, 2009 11:17 PM EST --
I have two confessions to make.
1) I abhor the fact that I appear to have become ORDINARY and
2) I have morphed into a compulsive list maker.
There really is no excuse for the first item. . . .
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January 28, 2009 10:54 PM EST --
My grandmother, Florence, was a real inspiration to me. She lost not one but TWO sons to freak flying accidents, but somehow managed to gather herself and channel her energies into . . .
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January 30, 2009 11:30 AM EST --
It started with a phone call two days ago.
Danielle, my youngest, telephoned from school. Apparently, her friend's family had found a stray pug and Dani, lover of dogs and . . .
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April 21, 2009 12:22 AM EDT --
3/15/09
It may be the fact I am writing after yet another evening spent sampling some of the best wines in the Santa Ynez Valley - but today was one of the most splendid I can remember. We woke . . .
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April 07, 2009 05:31 PM EDT --
I don’t know why I thought that this trip would be any different than every other vacation we’ve taken over the last 14 years we’ve been married. Fred enters relaxation mode the NIGHT BEFORE . . .
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