A Trip Around the Sun
![Date Night Selfie with Purple Hat](https://katrinawrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/date-night-selfie-with-hat-e1603479955881.jpg)
Today begins another trip around the sun. The snow in our backyard is melting, revealing layers upon layers of dog poo — the remnants of a long, cold, record-setting season — measuring the winter of our discontent like rings on a tree. But it’s the first day of spring, my birthday, and there are buds […]
Seventy East
![Katrina with Mom and Bobby](https://katrinawrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_2285.jpg)
I’ve been missing my Mom something fierce lately. It always happens around holidays. We talked on the phone for over an hour tonight. We laughed and cried… and she even cussed a little. My feelings had been hurt recently and unexpectedly, and Mama Bear had my back with a fierceness and a bit of profanity. […]