Tag Archives: marriage
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Together Again
5February 15, 2021 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This is the eulogy I wrote for my father, Harold Robert Reed, who died on January 21, 2021. Due to …
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The Caregiver
28August 21, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
“Did I plug a cord into the charger for water?” my father asked. It was the weekend before Mother’s Day. …
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Milestones and Millstones
8June 26, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
My father took an early retirement, at 55. My mother, four years younger, taught her third grade class for nine …
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Reading with my Mom
37June 5, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
My mother was a big reader. I got my love of books from her. Even after she started to have …
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Lost in Transfiguration
11February 14, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
I went to church last week. I call myself a Buddhist by practice and a Christian by culture, but I …
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The Family Reunion
23July 20, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
My father, at 86, has been retired now longer than he was an elementary school principal. But he was most …
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The Keeper of Birthdays
40June 1, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Last week I had a blessedly low-key birthday. The blessing is because it is the year-before-a-milestone birthday. A milestone, a …
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Performance Anxiety
31May 25, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
When I was a child I used to call them nightmares. I had one last week. It ended up in …
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