A Fortune Cookie Revisited
Every once in a while, I save the fortune I received in a fortune cookie because it means something to me in the moment. Sometimes, when I later reread the fortune, I remember why it struck me as important. Other times, I have no idea why I kept it. Recently, I came across a fortune […]
Reflecting on Anniversaries and the Days In Between
Our 46th wedding anniversary was last weekend. Number forty-six doesn’t merit much recognition, though I gave my husband a couple of Hallmark cards. We ate Thanksgiving leftovers, so I didn’t have to cook. It snowed the night before, but the weather warmed enough that no shoveling was necessary. Still, we were both happy to stay […]
Winter Park 2010: A Reflection on Life and Time
As I browsed through my digital photographs looking for something to write about, I came across a folder of pictures I took on a ski trip to Winter Park, Colorado, in 2010. The trip actually took place in late March 2010, during my daughter’s last spring break in law school. But a ski trip is […]
On Birthdays, Goals, and Priorities
My birthday was yesterday. I celebrated sedately, ordering dinner from an Italian restaurant my husband and I like and cake from a bakery I hadn’t tried before. I also voted in a municipal election and met with a banker. It was a decent day, though I doubt this becomes one of my most memorable birthdays. […]
Tenth Anniversary of My Blog
I have hit the tenth anniversary of this blog. My first post was on January 17, 2012, on a WordPress.com blog I called Story & History: One writer’s journey through life and time. Five years later, in February 2017, I migrated to this site, TheresaHuppAuthor.com. I now use a WordPress.org theme, and I own the […]
Thoughts of Life and Death on My Husband’s Milestone Birthday
In a couple of days, my husband will celebrate a milestone birthday. One that ends with a big 0. I’ll let you guess which one, though I will say that it’s getting harder to claim he is still middle-aged. Plausible, but harder. We know many people who are older than he is, including his mother, […]
Ten Years Ago—My Life and Dreams
Every once in a while, I go back through old journal volumes to see where I was and how I’ve traveled to where I am today. Recently, I picked up a volume from ten years ago. Early 2009 was the end of the beginning of my retirement years. Throughout 2007 and 2008, I had relished […]
Six Years of Blogging: A Measure of Time and an Assessment of Life
I launched my blog “Story & History: One writer’s journey through life and time” in January 2012, publishing only three short posts that month. It took awhile to find my rhythm (stepped up to publishing twice a week) and my voice. For five years, I published on WordPress.com, and last year I moved here to […]
Writing Milestones: Journaling and Blogging
I don’t want March to get away from me before I write about two milestones that occurred this month—the fifteenth anniversary of when I began keeping a journal, and the fifth anniversary of this blog. I’ve written before about starting my journal. One of my early posts on this blog was titled “Take the Plunge—Start […]
My 500th Post
By WordPress’s calculations, this is my 500th post. I’ve been blogging on this site for just under five years. I really don’t know whether I thought this blog would last five years. It’s seen me through a lot. My mother’s decline into Alzheimer’s and move into assisted living. A daughter’s broken leg and surgery. My […]