Category: Family Life

  • “That’s My Daddy” from 4 to 40

    by Kelly Salasin “That’s my daddy! That’s my daddy!” A four-year old girl stands with a tiny suitcase in hand as a passenger ferry pulls into dock. When she spies her father on the second-story deck, she jumps up and down, shouting, “That’s my daddy! That’s my daddy!” Surprisingly, that little girl is me (almost…

  • REST!

    by Kelly Salasin Home sick, I’ve been called to write for days, but excepting posts on Facebook & Twitter, I’ve rebuked the call. “I don’t feel good and don’t want to write,” I hiss at my muse, but the pressing doesn’t stop. The truth is that I know I’m on the cusp of recovery because last…