165. Suitcase: Write about packing for a trip or unpacking from when you arrive home. My DH2 had been seriously traveling for 25 years before we became a couple so he had honed his packing skills for flexibility and weight. The basic philosophy of travel is not to check a bag unless absolutely necessary so […]
164: Left Out: Write about a time when you’ve felt left out or you’ve noticed someone else feeling as if they didn’t belong. For one of my book clubs, we read Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas, a memoir of an an Iranian growing up in California in the time frame that I too was
163. Set it Free: Think of a time when you had to let someone or something go to be free…did they come back? As a girl, I had many successive pet rats that I loved, spent time with, and played with. They truly were pets, complete with my mom taking a rat to the vet
162. Missing You: Write about someone you miss. My cousin died this week and my heart is sad. Cousin’s mom and my mom were sisters and we were both the babies of our families. Being only three months apart in age, we grew up together, spending hours and hours playing, hanging out, picking apricots and
161. Eco-friendly: Write about going green or an environmental concern you have. There was a point in raising my kids when we were very eco-friendly. I rode an e-bike to work and a regular bike to accompany the kids from school and to do basic chores around the neighborhood. We were part of a community
