mom’s mantra

mom’s mantra

today is my mom’s birthday. I won’t say which one because she’s, well, private like that  ;) happy happy happy birthday mom! I am grateful for your love, your support, your many many kindnesses over the years, for all of who you are. Thank you for all of the gifts you...
62 years ago

62 years ago

  62 years ago today was momentous for me. Without it, heck, I wouldn’t even be around, much less a gleam in anyone’s eye  ;) my mom, Maxine Esther Dickau married my dad Robert Neal Bassett at the Ontario Community Baptist Church in Wisconsin. “Miss Dickau is...
struck silent

struck silent

if we are really lucky in this world, we scrape up against mortality in a very real way — preferably while we are young enough for full impact, and old enough to ask the questions that help us make sense of it. if we are incredibly lucky, we find a way for those...