by Ingrid Lochamire | Apr 17, 2018 | Writing
I was a cheerleader in middle school. Sassy and athletic, my personality seemed to fill the bill when it came to rousing a crowd to chant encouraging words at basketball games (no football at our school in the ’70s). Then I hit high school and something changed....
by Ingrid Lochamire | Apr 4, 2018 | Faith
We stood at the window and watched on Easter Sunday as great-nieces and nephews, bundled in winter coats on the first day of April, scrambled for hidden eggs. Arms linked through basket handles, they ran or toddled through the mud, leaning into the wind and dodging...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Mar 27, 2018 | Slice of Life
Holy Week always takes me back to the limestone Catholic church where I grew up. Even now, stepping toward Good Friday and Easter, I can smell the incense, hear the clanging of altar bells and visualize the brass sculptures depicting the Stations of the Cross. The...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Mar 7, 2018 | Faith
Spring is in the air and it’s making me a little restless. You, too? In my corner of the world, we spent January and February waiting on the next snow storm (and the next one). In my case, the weather was a good excuse to knit a pair of socks, watch ALL of the...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Feb 28, 2018 | Family
I’ll admit it. I sometimes envy friends and family whose grown children live just down the road, or in the next town, or even in the same state. To be able to have Sunday dinner together or to meet up for coffee at the last minute sounds delicious. But, for...
