Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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Bless the Bread
Bless the Bread A new year for many of us means a time to take stock, to make resolutions, or to once again start that [...]
A Pair About Shoes
Well, since this is a prompt about shoes, I figured that a pair of stories would be fitting. The first one is an excerpt from [...]
That Sunday That Summer
I met my second husband, Ken, in the summer of ’92. Shortly after we met, we went to a wedding where I remember dancing to [...]
From This Old House to Property Brothers
My husband only occasionally engaged in DIY projects with me “supervising,” but we did live for 45 years in a house built in [...]
The Pavilion
The Pavilion In March 2020 on the cusp of the Covid outbreak my husband was scheduled for surgery, but the prospect of him [...]
The most beautiful thing for me.
It took me a while to post about her. Because sometimes when you love someone with such a power, you are doing in silence, [...]
Anxiety at the DMV
As I drove home, I noticed all the lights blurred with huge halos, and, although I knew where I was, I couldn't read the [...]
Predicting the Future
Over the years, I’ve read many types of magazines from gossip rags to National Geographic. I read Teen Magazines to follow [...]
Traveling Abroad with Kids
I wondered if they would have been just as happy going to a resort near home that had a pool.
Falling in Love at the Theater
In 1964 our family drove cross-country to see the World’s Fair in New York. On our last day in town, my mom and I took the [...]
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