In 1969, everybody was a star. Sly and the Family Stone. Three years later, everybody played the fool. The Main Ingredient. Playing the fool is a rule with no exceptions, they said. And added, they weren’t lyin. Both songs are about love. Lots of those around in the 60’s and 70’s. More of the lyrics […]
Author: sharonstories
Sweet
My mother probably doesn’t remember this. At the young age of eleven, I knew it was selfish and silly. But I did it anyway. It was close to Christmas, and we’d been learning in school about different traditions around the world. I think it was Holland where children would leave their wooden shoes by the […]
Single-Handed
It’s the beginning of December and it seems everyone has their Christmas tree already. Pictures of family outings getting trees share my Instagram feed with families lighting Hanukkah candles. My son put his tree up over the weekend. He mentioned that it’s a little crooked. I said, “Ours is always a little crooked.” And he […]
Topper
Once when my mother-in-law visited, I told her about a great cranberry scone recipe I found and had been baking. I was thinking she’d like them, and I should bake a batch while she was here. But before I told her of my idea, she responded by telling me that when she was in Ireland […]
Thanks-giving
The day was gray and bitter with intermittent freezing rain. It was 1977 and Thanksgiving was a week away. Rob and our two-year-old son, both sick with colds, were huddled on the bedroom floor beneath a blanket fort. The fort was amply furnished with books, toys, pillows and tissues. A short safe distance away the […]
Turkey Day
Thanksgiving will be just me and him. This happened once before. I don’t remember the reason back then but this year it’s Covid. That one other time we opted for chicken instead of turkey since it was only the two of us. I called my mom and she asked how the holiday went. I told her […]
Mondayne
It’s Monday again. It’s supposed to come around every long week but sneaks up on you every seven days. It has nothing going for it. The beginning of the workweek for insane lottery ticket buyers who won’t quit their jobs if they win that half billion dollar jackpot. And for the semi-sane lottery ticket buyers who […]
Out of Nowhere
When a train goes off track, it’s an immediate disaster. When people do it, it’s a slow ride until it seems out of nowhere, there it is. Disaster! It’s so easy to eat the wrong foods, drink the wrong drinks, and put everything good for us off for some future day. A train running on […]
Not Going Too Deep
My father’s mother was an orphan, a hypochondriac, and an alcoholic. My mother’s mother was a rebel, a creative, and a lover of life. Except for being an orphan, I don’t know if those descriptions are true. Those are my thoughts based on the little I know about them. I wish I’d known them both. […]
Unknown
My sex at birth is unknown. That’s what it says on my latest blood results. I’m also non-Hispanic. Just a few years ago the case was made for accuracy in sex, age, race, and weight in medical tests so a patient could be treated properly. I recently saw a cousin whose parents and grandparents on […]