Good Morning, God! This photo of our youngest daughter, Sandy, came in an email saying: “This November 19 I’ll be cycling 85 miles in El Tour de Tucson, in memory of my beloved sister Patty. I’d be so grateful for…
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Something Meaningful To Do
Tagged with: death in the family, loss of a sibling, Mango Days, responding in meaningful ways
Posted in daughters, Responding, the layers of life, time
Posted in daughters, Responding, the layers of life, time
Writers and Daughters and Visits, Oh My!
Good Morning, God! This morning Suz will drive me down to the airport for my trip home. I have had my heart and mind stuffed FULL of experiences and I am so thankful, God! Thankful for daughters and grandsons and…
Tagged with: 5521 Amestoy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, family visits, mothers and daughters, role models
Posted in appreciation, daughters, family visits
Posted in appreciation, daughters, family visits
Walking, Talking and (a little) Shopping
Good Morning, God! Let’s see. Yesterday. Seven Hours of walking, talking and just a little shopping! How does one process that? Or does one? I am thankful with Time with Daughters! It was a wonderful gift when Sandy parked her…
Tagged with: Abbott Kinney Street, mother daughter time, Santa Monica, shopping as gathering
Posted in connecting, Conversations, daughters, Hearing, Sharing
Posted in connecting, Conversations, daughters, Hearing, Sharing
Into the Abyss — A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life
Good Morning, God! Suz was lucky enough to be given tickets the night I arrived to an advanced preview of a documentary film Into the Abyss by Werner Herzog. It’s about a triple homicide in Texas and the execution of…
Tagged with: capital punishment, Into the Abyss, pre-premier, visceral knowledge, Werner Herzog
Posted in choices, daughters
Posted in choices, daughters
Off to the Mango Day’s Fun Run
Good Morning, God! In just a few minutes I shall be OFF to go to Patty’s Mango Days Fun Run. It starts at 6:30 but Kit will want me there earlier. I don’t blame him. Last year I forgot to…
Tagged with: The Mango Day's Fun Run, transitions, wanting to make my daughter proud
Posted in daughters, Energy, Feeling our feelings
Posted in daughters, Energy, Feeling our feelings
A Diversity of Palms and People — The Gift of Daughters
Good Morning, God! Thank You for all the different kinds of palms — and all the different kinds of people! There are a LOT of good people in the world, God! Please help us take off the blinders that keep…
The incredible VALUE of Family and Friends
Good Morning, God! Our daughters are in their own homes now — Suz leaving on the 31st and Sandy on 1/3. And I MISS THEM! Not only do I miss them but I am more AWARE of their incredible VALUE…
Dining in Little Tehran with my Daugher
Good Morning, God! It was Goodbye Tucson and Hello Little Tehran — or Tehrangeles as the hub of the half million Iranians in Los Angeles is called. Suz and I picked the Flame Restaurant and asked for the table set…
Being HEARD into Speaking
Good Morning, God! This is Part 4 of my multifaceted Trip! This is the Part where I am not just Tutu but Mother and Mother-in-law — the Belle Mama. And, as is always the case with more “roles” the interactions…
Driving UP to Granada Hills — and BACK in Time
Good Morning, God! For the last three mornings this marvelous maidenhair fern has been what I’ve seen while I sipped my coffee and chatted with Suz. Yesterday (the HOTEST day of the year) the sunlight was just pouring through it.…
A Moment with God 