I absolutely love the smell of pine trees. The scent always brings me back to the days when we spent Christmas at my grandmother’s house — bringing both tears and a smile to my face. After my grandmother’s passing, my mother kept up with the tradition of having a real tree each year, now the […]

When Nancy told me that she was 2 months pregnant in the middle of the restaurant, I jumped straight up from my crouching position and may or may not have told her to, “Shut up!”. We were out celebrating our friend’s birthday and I should have known that something was up from the enormous grin […]

I remembered that your birthday was coming up — I saw it on the Sunday service pamphlet wishing you many blessings. I thought to myself, what in the world could I get Jorge? You see, I didn’t know you very long, we’ve just became friends that summer. And although you’ve expressed your feelings for me […]

When I invited my brother and sister over for a day of apple picking, I wasn’t planning for it to be 86 degrees… in October! So you can imagine how I felt when I arrived at the orchard in my sweater and boots. My original plans included a cool autumn day, picking apples, playing tag […]