by Lorinda Boyer | Mar 12, 2023 | Memories, Parenting
A Letter of Wisdom-ish Dear Children, In the event I should die, or rather when I die, here are some things I’d like to share with you. Please forgive me if I repeat myself. I know how you detest that. I’ve chalked-up this annoying bit of my personality to my... 
by Lorinda Boyer | Oct 11, 2022 | Memories
2009 I first met my new bike in 2009. I was driving by a local bike store when her silver paint glitzing in the sun, caught my eye. I pulled in to have a closer look. It wasn’t that I didn’t fully appreciate my blue mountain bike. We’d been through a... 
by Lorinda Boyer | Apr 19, 2022 | Memories, Training is Personal-book in progress
The blaring of my phone alarm yanked me from my dreams. I slapped at the screen with my whole hand, hoping to hit a button that would stop the noise; 4:45 am was an inhumane hour. “I’m only filling in today,” I consoled myself as I drug my body out... 
by Lorinda Boyer | Mar 29, 2022 | Memories
At 99 she was Scrabble QueenBeating the young and the oldAnd everyone in betweenWith tiara perched atop her headShe counted up her pointsThe game she always ledLorinda Boyer “My name is Esther,” her blue eyes focus on me, then past me. Ringlets of white hair... 
by Lorinda Boyer | Mar 20, 2022 | Memories
“The living mother-daughter relationship, you learn over and over again, is a constant choice between adaptation and acceptance.” — Kelly Corrigan, Glitter and Glue I rest a foot on my shovel, wipe the sweat from my forehead, survey my progress. Anytime I work... 
by Lorinda Boyer | Feb 16, 2022 | Memories
This was day one of group. I didn’t like groups and I especially didn’t like speaking aloud in groups. I arrived two minutes prior to the starting time. Before I could shove my wallet and cell phone into the glove compartment, my phone rang. “Oh, hello, Lorinda?...
