Red's Wrap
Happiness. It's relative.
Category: Marriage, Family, Dogs, and Cat
Pet Lessons
When our dog Minnie has a seizure, she struggles to stay standing but her back legs give way, then her front legs splay and also give way until she is lying on the floor like she is grabbing the carpet to keep from falling.… Continue Reading “Pet Lessons”
More on Suicide: No One is to Blame
Suicide is different. If my husband died by suicide next week, people would wonder why I didn’t see it coming. They’d puzzle over why I hadn’t known that he was depressed and gotten him to a doctor. They’d question why I’d left him alone,… Continue Reading “More on Suicide: No One is to Blame”
The Precious Routine of Life
We ate at seven because the store closed at six and it took my father time to empty the cash drawers, roll up the awning, double check all the doors including the big steel door in the back where we got the big shipment… Continue Reading “The Precious Routine of Life”
A Long Time Coming
I asked so much of her and I never said thank you. It’s hard to believe looking back like I did today, sorting through hundreds of photos, some so old that they were printed in squares like they were taken with a Brownie camera,… Continue Reading “A Long Time Coming”
Monday’s Dog
We sat on the floor together, holding our big sick dog, the beloved Davey, the dog we had owned as long as we had been married who just that morning had pulled on the leash as we took her for a last walk, and… Continue Reading “Monday’s Dog”
Exploded Moment 2
I walked barefoot down the hall, my steps wordless on the black vinyl runner that ran from the living room to the facing doors of my bedroom and my parents’. On the small table at the very end of the hall, a planter held… Continue Reading “Exploded Moment 2”
Exploded Moment 1
We had spent the night sitting on the linoleum floor in the hallway just outside the ICU. They didn’t allow either of us in but every half hour or so would come out to report to us. My friend, he was my friend but… Continue Reading “Exploded Moment 1”
Play the Short Game, Sugar
My friend had just ordered a second glass of wine. At lunch. No second glass for me. It drove up the price of lunch and it was my turn to pay. The wine drinking at lunch was new. It seemed very evolved to me.… Continue Reading “Play the Short Game, Sugar”
From One to One of Many
I watch from afar. A grandmother does that. But as I watch, I remember the formation of my own family. I remember when my own daughter went from being one to one of many. She was graceful and helpful about it but looking back… Continue Reading “From One to One of Many”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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