April 28 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Parking

Parking You pull into the parking lot of the grocery store, Squeeze the station wagon into a spot that's probably too small. It has been a long, long day. You reach for the grocery list, the cell phone, the bag. Quick. Don't waste a minute. But just as you are about to get going a really good song comes on. …

April 21 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Running into Nana and Grandpa at Trader Joe’s

As I rounded the corner and headed into the crackers aisle, Jackson pointed with his chubby finger and delightedly shouted, "Da! Da!" I looked up to see what he was pointing at, and it was my grandpa! Surprise! Hugs! And then Grandpa quickly needed me to know that that the frozen orange mandarin chicken was …

April 14 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Last Ski Day

Lily trudged across the hard packed snow, dragging her skis and poles from the side road where we had parked our car to the edge of the ski trail. (We call it the 'secret spot,' the small parking lot right off the side of the trail that only locals know about). It was a very …