Bittersweet Mother’s Day
When Mother’s Day swings around I usually have mixed emotions. I’m grateful that my own mother is still with me, along with the other ‘mothers’ I have the privilege to still enjoy…my Aunt, my Godmother, and my friend Jeanne, all who really ‘get’ me since I’m anything but conventional in my thinking. But my heart [...]
Fiancees Find Themselves Another Casualty Of War
As we honor the servicemen and woman who bravely defended our nation and its people, and gave the ultimate sacrifice, I am reminded of this article from several years ago which gave a very telling view of the disenfranchised grief a fiancee find themselves after their beloved was killed. At Becky Reid’s flower shop, just [...]