My three girls were used to me slamming on my brakes, backing up, jumping out of the car, dashing into the road, snatching up a turtle and carrying it to the safety of the nearby ditch. They weren’t always happy about my turtle rescues (especially as teenagers) but they were not surprised when it happened. Last weekend, I was hurrying to meet one of my daughters two hours away for a grandbaby handoff. I passed a sign saying something about a road closed ahead. I kept driving because who Keep Reading...
Floods and Friendships
Last week Houston, Texas flooded. Again. Highways were shut down and people were stranded. I watched the news reports and remembered another time Houston flooded... A ringing phone awakened me early one Saturday morning. I rolled over and answered in a sleepy fog. “Hello.” “Is this Shelly?” a voice with an accent asked me. “Yes,” I replied with a bit of a question in my voice because I did not recognize the voice. “Do you know Marilyn? Or Margaret? No, that’s not right. Keep Reading...