Even the warm mineral waters of Two Bunch Palms couldn’t melt the frigid feelings that built up inside of me for Lou.  I’m sure most of the hate had left me by then. Fear and hate are also twins of the same emotion for me, but I knew that I could never hate my husband. […]

It was perfectly appropriate that we were spending Christmas day with my friend, Elaine, because one could easily describe her as the personification of that holiday!  She’s joyous, beautiful, life-giving, festive, and always full of good cheer. Her husband is a man that Lou thinks of as a brother, and, her three adult sons are […]

On my drive back to Salt Lake City from La Jolla, a rare snowstorm blew through areas of Southern California mere hours after I left town.  It was a straight drive up I-15, and I was driving just fast enough to stay one step ahead of the storm. But as soon as I hit Provo […]