Month: June 2016

It has been awhile — too long, in fact — since my editor, best friend and faithful wife agreed to author a post. I think you’ll be blessed. She has an eye for the spiritual and a heart for people. ~~~ So yesterday, I was sitting with my mom in the hematology/oncology waiting room. We were in Gadsden, Alabama for her routine checkup and I was practicing my deep-breathing relaxation technique because we were almost late for the appointment. (It is increasingly difficult to get my octogenarian parents out the door and into the truck, especially when their pentagenarian daughter … Read more…

Back in the day, dads did not ride shotgun. That’s not necessarily because father drove best. Now, we’d say it was a feature of an oppressive gender hierarchy or hegemonic masculinity. In those days, we didn’t know what those words meant. That’s just the way it was. So, except for those couple of years we drove an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, the one with the awesome rear-facing third row seat, a substantial amount of my interaction with my dad was reflected in the rear-view mirror. When you think about it, a car is not a bad place for a father and … Read more…