Month: December 2025

potatoes beside stainless steel cooking pot

Recipe for Mashed Potatoes

Years ago, my late husband Barry and I were treated to a long overdue honeymoon. We were ecstatic at the idea of a week of surf, sand and the rarest commodity known to parents – solitude. We issued a very stern, “Do not Disturb” order to the younger children before we left, leaving our eldest

white ceramic mug with marshmallows on the wooden surface

The Best Christmas Card

I wrote this a few years ago and found it tonight, thought I would share with you, dear reader. My husband and I were driving the other day and I said to him, “I wish addiction took a holiday.” It doesn’t though. The trials and tribulations of loving a child with addiction issues never takes