The following conversation took place this morning at the Chic-fil-A drive-thru. The time was 8:15 a.m., just after I’d dropped off Kyle at the Sky Harbor International Airport… Employee: It’s a great day at Chic-fil-A, and my name is Lori, … Continue reading
Kyle and his parents are in town. It’s like all wedding-planning trauma has come to a complete halt while we try to show them how amazing Arizona is (not difficult, with the beautiful weather we’ve been having since it’s not … Continue reading
Septembre {sept*ahmbreh}: The French word for that pivotal time of year when everything bad becomes good, and everything already good becomes magnified one hundred times through a rose-colored lens. Sometimes I think people don’t believe me when I say I … Continue reading
In the comment section of my previous post, I was shamefully and wrongfully accused of waxing too poetic lately. So for this post, to counteract the Emily Dickinson in me, I am merely going to show some images of the … Continue reading
I feel so discontented when life changes on me and I’m not prepared. Today, the Banner Mesa Medical Center (formerly known as the Mesa Lutheran Hospital) closed. I was born there. My sister was born there. Most of my extended … Continue reading
A stanza in Snow Patrol’s song “Chasing Cars” is nice. {Actually, all of the stanzas are nice, but this one in particular is relevant to my post today.} “Those three words are said too much. They’re not enough.” A lot … Continue reading
Remember where I work? I’d almost forgotten–it’s the Fashion Mall. For Fashion People. I pulled into the Brown Parking Garage at work today, (the fact that it’s called the Brown Garage means nothing. There’s also a Green Garage that is … Continue reading