The Downside and Upside of Getting Older

By Lynn Slaughter / January 14, 2017 /

For my older son’s wedding, one of his aunts, a professional photographer, put together a slide show of the growing up years of my son and his beautiful bride. They were both such neat kids, and I loved every minute of it. As the groom’s mom, I appeared in several photos with my then young…

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Reading the Obits

By Lynn Slaughter / January 7, 2017 /

“Are you reading about dead people again?” my husband asks me. “Heck, yeah.” Obituaries are a goldmine for writers

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About Those New Year’s Resolutions

By Lynn Slaughter / January 1, 2017 /

New Year’s resolutions have always struck me as psychic downers-in-the-making. Sure, I’d love to lose ten pounds.

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The Stuff We Don’t Put in Our Holiday Letters

By Lynn Slaughter / December 25, 2016 /

When a dear friend called me this week from Arizona, she rasped out “Merry Christmas” and promptly went into a coughing fit. “What’s going on? Are you okay?” 

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Politics and Friendship

By Lynn Slaughter / December 19, 2016 /

At our son’s wedding, my husband and I met a lovely couple. They were funny, charming, and warm. We felt an instant rapport. So, when they were passing through our city,

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The Serenity Prayer Has Its Limits

By Lynn Slaughter / December 11, 2016 /

Whenever my friend goes into her litany of all the roads in her life she regrets not taking, I’m tempted to remind her of the Serenity Prayer.

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Another Writer’s Lament

By Lynn Slaughter / December 4, 2016 /

When the artistic director of the company I danced with for several seasons was displeased with how we were performing her choreography, she would scream at us across the studio,

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The Cycle of Life

By Lynn Slaughter / November 28, 2016 /

We’d just finished a deliciously decadent Thanksgiving dinner, the first my younger son and his family had hosted, when my son held up the candle at our table and announced

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“Thankfuls” Trump the “Un-thankfuls”

By Lynn Slaughter / November 19, 2016 /

When our sons were growing up, we used to have a tradition of passing a candle around the Sunday night dinner table and sharing what we felt thankful for. When it was his turn, our then seven year old piped up with, “Let me start with my un-thankfuls.” 

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Grieving

By Lynn Slaughter / November 12, 2016 /

Forget all that “time to move on and heal our differences” stuff. Maybe I’ll get there, but after Tuesday’s stunning presidential election, I sure haven’t arrived at that place.

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