Letters to the Moon....

 "In Memoriam"-written Feb 28, 2025 It’s been a month since my Mom died. Before I left for home, a friend asked me where she could make a donation to, in memory of my mother. I replied, “I don’t know; I don’t know if anyone’s thought about that yet. I’ll have to ask my Dad.” On my trip home, I took a moment to ask my father if he’d picked a worthy charity or organization for memorial contributions to be directed to. He hadn’t thought of it, and had no charities in mind. I mentioned two organizations, both of which I thought would be appropriate. However, I wanted to know what organizations he’d prefer. He then specified two different charities; I made note of them, to make a donation at another time. Days later I returned home, paid some bills, and prepared to make my contribution to an organization my father had specified. However, I was torn. My mother had so many causes and issues that were important to her. How could one donation to one organization symbolize all that was...

My family has experienced a loss. The first for our family. My mother has passed away. One day, three weeks ago, I got the call I’d been dreading, yet knew would one day come. The call to come home to say goodbye. My mother had a chronic illness, which she had for over a decade. While we knew the end would eventually come, none of us knew when. If I was going to make it home, time was of the essence.  I never anticipated this. Not in my wildest dreams. I imagined I would get a call letting me know she’d already passed. I never thought it would happen this way. I flew home, reunited with family members present, and spoke to my mom. Late that night my family and I went to our hotel nearby, and I finally got some sleep. When I woke up the next morning, the gravity of the day fell upon me. I knew it would be the last day I would see my mother. I sat on the bed in the hotel room, blinded by the morning sun. It was so beautiful, the sun pouring into the room. I decided to ...

 Gasp- A Tale of Christmas As we all know, I’m the Queen of Christmas. Not Mariah, not Lacey, me. ;) I have a magical Christmas tree that I can program with an app on my phone. I can make the lights on the tree any color in the spectrum, as well as have it do fifty (or more) programmed effects. Additionally, I can customize the colors and effects, the brightness, the speed of the effect, as well as the duration of the effect. I can have a different Christmas tree every day if I want to! Every hour! Every five minutes! Years ago, before I had my magical tree, I had an evergreen garland on my mantle. It was the latest technology back in the day, in that it would modulate between white and multi-colored lights. It operated on a battery pack, and had a six hour timer. I loved that garland, and used it for years. But, time moves on, technology advances. After several years, the lights on the evergreen garland stopped working. I used the garland on the mantle without lights that year. Ti...