This evening we went to an event at St. Stephen’s Episcopal church here in Sherman, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the death of Father James Garrard, who was the rector from 1968 – 1995. Father Garrard was one of those exceptional people who knew how to be a regular fellow while still being an exemplary…
Author: lenleatherwood
I am a native Texan who has lived for the past 30 years in Southern California. I am a published author of both short memoir and fiction, a two-time Pushcart nominee, a nationally award-winning writing coach, an editor, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. In addition, I am the mother of three grown daughters of whom I am extremely proud, a grandmother of four darling children and the wife of a man I still love after 44 years.
Condo Cleaning and A Few Thoughts on the Role of Parents
Well, I thought we’d be leaving early this morning from Fort Worth, but instead, the more we cleaned the condo, the more we saw that needed to be cleaned. We ended up rushing to leave by 3:30 pm. Yikes. My day was spent cleaning all those icky areas that I didn’t think about until I…
Fort Worth Condo
We are here in Fort Worth doing the last minute preparation necessary for our new tenant who officially begins renting our condo here on June 1. We are leaving early in the morning to head back to Sherman but worked too late tonight to want to make the trek. This was Sarah’s condo during medical…
Repost: Brother George’s Last Day
Fourteen years ago, my brother George passed away. He was 54 years old. George called on the evening of May 2nd, 2004 and told me that death was coming soon. My response: “Can you hold on until tomorrow? I’ll get there as fast as I can.” His response was, “I’ll try.” Thanks to my husband Ray,…
An Early Morning Trip Out Into the Rain
Ray and I were awakened around 5:30 this morning by the rumbling of thunder and the flashing of lightning as a thunderstorm rolled into the Sherman area. Rain came pounding down, which normally would be comforting when all snuggled in bed, but not this time. We had not completely covered the trailer out back, which had…
Sunday in Texas
I am sitting in what we call the “green” room in our Victorian, named for the dark green wallpaper with maroon flowers and the accompanying dark green ceiling. Two clocks in the room are ticking out of sync with one another, and one just rang four times though it is actually 10:03 pm. Clearly some…
A Day that Did My Heart Good
Today we had a fabulous garage sale with lots of customers, and I also had the chance to see some old friends who were kind enough to drop in and visit. Judy Stevens Jeanes, Kathi Bowdoin and Elaine Bethel-Savage, all old friends from our hometown of Bonham, Texas, came by to say hello. Thank you…
Lots of Steps While Filling Our Sale “Wagon”
I walked 1842 steps today according to my UP by Jawbone, which is a variant of the FitBit. This little wrist device was my Mother’s Day present and also tracks my sleep and lots of other things I haven’t quite figured out yet. I only received it last Sunday since we had a delay on…
My Day Today
Today, I: Went over and saw our friend Darrah Dunn’s new house (built in 1907) that he and his wife, Shann Schubert, just bought. Went room by room and talked about restoration/renovation. We also walked around the yard and talked about various landscaping ideas as well. Ate Texas BBQ (chicken). Went to Touch of Class…
We Made It!
We arrived in Sherman, Texas from LA via Ojai, CA about an hour ago after 24 hours of driving over two days. I took the dogs for a good walk since they (and I) had been cooped up all day and yesterday in the van. Ray stayed home to settle in a bit while we…
20 Minutes a Day 