I still expected him to “snap out of it,” come to his senses, want to improve, remember who he used to be. Remember who he used to be to me.
Fifty First Everythings All the Time
Category: Memories
“Will you sign this?” — 8-year-old me
"I only hope that in knowing me, I enhanced their lives, too."
Man vs Bear: Lynn’s Version
Not surprisingly, many women chose the bear. Also not surprisingly, many men chimed in with their mansplainations about why women were wrong.
Smokey, the Old Canoe Paddler
Smokey was sneaky. Houdini-like. He was born under a “wand’rin’ star, or as Jim liked to say, he paddled his own canoe.
Groundhog Day…and Night
"Who are your people who give a shit that you’ve been chased up a tree and have nowhere to go?"
I *heart* the ’90s
"Sixty isn’t anything like I expected it to be, but maybe that’s because the 1990s continue to influence me and inform who I am."
“You know, like ‘The Parent Trap’!”
"It was June 1976. I’d stopped wetting the bed and I hadn’t yet gotten my period. It was a glorious time in my life!"
From the Archives: Because of that Glass of Wine…
I've been posting some pretty heavy stuff here lately, so I thought I'd reach back in the archives for something a little lighter. I found this one from 2011. I can laugh about it now, but at the time... July 2011 - When I flew back to Pittsburgh from Minneapolis last month, I had a … Continue reading From the Archives: Because of that Glass of Wine…
Shaun Cassidy and the Weekend I Didn’t Know I Needed (Part 2)
"I needed, last weekend, to be in the company of strangers united in a slice of our mutual past."
Listen to me discuss my book with Jenny Lisk on The Widowed Parent Podcast!
Lynn talks with Jenny Lisk on The Widowed Parent Podcast
Lynn Haraldson, Author and Writing Mentor 