by debidrecksler | Jan 28, 2012 | Life
I was born in Mercy Hospital in Miami, Florida on January 29th, 1951. According to my Mother, I started to come into the world before the Doctor could be located. The nurses were instructed to stop my birth. They held my Mother’s legs together. My Father could...
by debidrecksler | Jan 19, 2012 | Life
I am claustrophobic. It all started 37 years ago, when I was confined in an elevator and couldn’t get out. I felt the walls caving in on me and I couldn’t breathe. When I finally got out, I tried to forget about it. Several years later, I was at an...
by debidrecksler | Jan 11, 2012 | Life
Jan 16th, 2012, Richard and I will be celebrating our 35th Anniversary. I think that’s a pretty good accomplishment in this day and age considering I know couples who stay together less time than the warranty on their appliances. I asked my husband yesterday...
by debidrecksler | Oct 26, 2011 | Life
The other day my husband and I were coming back from a business meeting when he suddenly decided to stop by the side of the highway and take pictures of me on an old bridge. I’d been on that bridge before and remembered how I felt as the bridge swayed with each...
by debidrecksler | Oct 12, 2011 | Life
I recently organized a community yard sale at the development where I live. Several other families chose to participate with me. Each one set up in their own individual driveways. In October, in the mountains of North Carolina, it is usually very cold at the wee hours...
