My husband has been in the hospital for ten days. He went in through ER with an infection in his leg. We were not expecting this at all, let alone for things to last this long. We don't know when he will come home. The boys ask me every day, and I am afraid to… Continue reading Ten Days
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The Light Behind
I paused at the end of the drive a little more than two weeks ago to take the picture below. I was on my way to a hospital. My niece had a baby on a Saturday morning, more suddenly and traumatically than we had hoped. I got a call from my sister that her grandson… Continue reading The Light Behind
More About the Snow
When we ventured out of the house for the first time after last weekend's snow, I wasn't planning to trek anywhere except in and out of the gym parking lot, which I hoped was plowed and salted. Paul drove us all out the lane slowly, testing the conditions. "Oh, stop!" I said as we approached… Continue reading More About the Snow
Transitions
I was driving home through the dusk and I got a call from Paul. "If you can," he said, "get home. They're harvesting the soybeans and you can get a picture of the combine with the tree." My whole family is on alert now for this kind of stuff. I didn't even do it on… Continue reading Transitions
2019 Calendars Available for Order
CALENDARS ARE READY TO SHIP! Calendars are $20 each, or 15% off ($17) with a discount code for anyone signed up with The Circus email list. All proceeds from the sale of 2019 #bethetree calendars support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. You can order one of two ways: online (shipping costs apply; payment immediately)ORDER ONLINE HEREIf you are a subscriber to… Continue reading 2019 Calendars Available for Order