Leaving The Door Open

Keeping it Real Storytelling

  • Some of The Best of Life’s Stuff

    Some of The Best of Life’s Stuff

    I laughed out loud when I saw the photo of my two-month-old grandson sporting a “New to the Shenanigans” bib. It was a funny concept; almost like a clue to what’s coming. I don’t think anyone can raise a child without facing some “shenanigans” from…

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  • Shades of Change III

    I’ve been thinking about Ginny’s future over the last week. Sometimes, she enters my thoughts as I’m fading towards sleep and sometimes she is my…

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  • Shades of Change II

    It is lunch and tour day at The Groves. While I take mom to get her hair done, Betsy and Dennis drive to two other…

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  • Shades of Change Part I

    Ginny has a friend named Lois who has been in her condo complex for 25 years. Lois knows people. She had been on the board…

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  • The Unwelcome Visitor

    Ginny called today. I should lay out the back story first. It begins about three years ago. She had a young woman named Carly as…

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