by kelly | Jul 7, 2021 | Daily Courier, Family, Prescott, AZ
I don’t like to think that I’m middle-aged, but it’s true. Today, I got a telemarketing call wanting to talk to me about my Medicare Advantage plan. I made her repeat it before I realized what she was asking me. “I’m not that old yet!” I shouted and hung up the phone....
by kelly | Jul 3, 2021 | Covid, Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ
I’m not one to quote Greek philosophers, but the words “the only thing constant is change” has been floating through my mind lately. I see it in the new old places we visit around town: a restaurant that used to be this is now that, a brewpub I used to love is now a...
by kelly | Jun 19, 2021 | Daily Courier, Family
One of my earliest memories of my dad was waiting to surprise him when he came home each day from work. I’m sure he saw me way before I saw him, a wiggling 2-year-old trying to hide face down on the living room couch. When he reached the top of the stairs, he’d...
by kelly | Jun 5, 2021 | Daily Courier, Family
I picked her up at the Phoenix airport around 9 p.m., this tall young woman wearing Converse high-tops painted two different colors, and pants with one leg black and one leg white. Her curly blonde hair was blue now, but I recognized her smile, and the hug felt the...
by kelly | May 22, 2021 | Daily Courier, Family
It’s been 13,689 days since I passed my driver’s test. I remember how important it was to me to earn that freedom and the excitement of driving my parent’s station wagon into town on my own for the first time. This past week, we’ve been teaching one of our nieces how...
by kelly | May 21, 2021 | Daily Courier, Everything Else, Prescott, AZ
Life can be going along just fine and then you do something dumb, like not checking if there’s a toothpick in the appetizer you’ve just popped into your mouth and gulped down without really chewing. After quickly googling “what happens if you swallow a toothpick” and...
