It's bad enough we sometimes sit on the front curb and chat about trees, kids starting school, retirement and what we're going to eat for dinner this weekend. But hey, man, that's the good stuff.
I am not naïve. I know attraction is important in a marriage. I was widely drawn to my husband by his chiseled jaw line and six-two lanky frame. But more important was his kindness, his humbleness and his stability. Hair turns gray. Hard b...
It was fun gaging the various womens' reactions the handsome, but not too deep, motley crew. I couldn't help putting myself in their shoes. What would I think, twenty years prior to my 40 year old self? Probably the same things I was thinking in...
He went into marriage with the complete knowledge that his wife wore faux fur, cat eye glasses and owned a collection of lunch boxes that would rival a preschooler on crack. (I suppose I should have questioned his mental health, but I was too busy th...
Finally, I told him how I felt. I did it calmly and rationally. I didn’t need to holler. I knew I was worth it, and I needed him to hear it from a place of strength. “Cut the crap or you can have the cleanest house in the universe since I...
As for now, I'm off to chat with Rex. As irony would have it, shortly after I chatted about about how we I budget our money, I went ahead and bounced a check. (Hey, I never said I was perfect at financing. I said I was done fighting about it. Le...
Will that happen to Rex and me? Will our remodeled haven for out-of-town guests simply be denial talk for Andrea's happy "staycation" where I read voraciously into the wee hours of the night while Rex drools in happy solitude like a na...
Donna Howell-Sickles is the 2010 Honored Artist at Cody's Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale.
The room is abuzz with a heady mix of excitement, appreciation and anticipation. Artists, admirers and acquirers, carefully sip wine as they move abou...
Rex is Italian, so chest hair is gonna happen. It's nothing like the back fuzz you see in this photo, but there's enough of a cushion that when my newborn used to fall asleep on his Papa's bare torso, I'd worry about suffocation.
Same goes for an email I got from a rep at the TV Guide Network last month. There were no gimmicks. No promises of payment if I review their show. No product geared to lengthen Rex's member or fluff my boobies for $19.99/month and three free blo...
“If I could be anywhere, it would be a place where romance begins with a whisper.”
“If I could be anywhere, it would be a place where the colors of the dusk reflect among sugar-white sands.”
I’m going to tell y...
It’s affectionately referred to as “The Redneck Riviera”. If you can’t get to the Riviera, Gulf Shores, Alabama, is the next best thing for those of us who are Southern beach dwellers; and the folks are a lot friendlier in thi...
