In The Sea Of Grief,

The At-home Mother's Life: It Was A Race With No Finish Line.

It's Not Intentions That Matter. It's Actions. We Are What We Do And Say, Not What We Intend To.

The Heat Made People Crazy. They Woke From Their Damp Bedsheets And Went In Search Of A Glass Of Water, Surprised To Find That When Their Vision Cleared, They Were Holding Instead The Gun They Kept Hidden In The Bookcase.

I Have Often Wished In The Past Few Years That My Mom Were Here To Help Me As I Raised My Own Teenage Son. As A Girl, With My Own Mom, I Thought I Knew It All; Now I Know Better. Somewhere, I Know My Mom Is Smiling.

I Am Such A Pacific Northwest Girl.