by Monica Vest Wheeler | Jan 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
While we muddle through many days without upheaval or life-altering events, certain calendar dates signal an abundance of emotions or an opportunity to reflect. January 7 is one of those. My parents divorced on that day in 1982, Mom had some major challenges on...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Jan 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Friday morning, December 31, 2021, wasn’t the way I had expected to end the year … going to a funeral of someone I’d known a quarter century. I planned to go through the line and leave, but a dear friend was already seated in the back, expecting me. No way I could...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Dec 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Winter cleaning … no excuses to run away outside when you get tired of it. And when you have some ADD like I do, l move from one box to another when frustration threatens to derail me completely. It’s decision overload that wears me down, and people who say,...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Dec 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Awaking after another Technicolor dream, I walked to the living room this morning and plugged in a little purple tree, fresh from basement storage. Only one side of lights came on and looked more red than purple. But it suddenly didn’t matter. Gabriel and...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
My husband Roger had plenty of warning. He saw how much stuff I brought home from my college dorm, as pictured. He saw it on weekends when he’d drive to my tight but semi-orderly University of Evansville campus dorm from his noisy, stinky all-male domain at Rose...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Dec 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear dear friend, Thank you for remembering that you can call me anytime about anything. Thank you for gently reminding me of something I forgot to do the day before. Thank you for asking how I’m doing. Thank you for not being embarrassed by being seen in public...
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