Amy Willard
Bio
Colorado native, 50+, writer, mother, grandmother, serial reincarnationist.
Stories (4/0)
The Art of Cleaning
Who doesn’t love a fresh clean home? We stop and gaze at it in wonder and satisfaction. It’s relaxing and soothing because, if for no other reason, it’s done. The nagging chore checked off the to-do list. We’re aware we will have to do it again another day, but in the moment…this is bliss.
By Amy Willard3 years ago in Journal
What Grandma Knew...
I am lucky enough to be getting older, officially in my “late 50’s”. And in this last year of retrospect (I had lots of time on my hands), I’ve thought of some of the things I’ve experienced. When I say I’m lucky to be getting older, I mean it. I really should have died on several occasions, but for providence, I did not. So here I sit, relatively intact, typing out some of the lessons that I have connected to my grandmother. Things I didn’t understand until now.
By Amy Willard3 years ago in Families
Dear Amos-Paymos, Who Doesn’t Make Her Payments
Dear Amy, Do you remember that weird nickname your dad gave you? Or the other one, Amos-Moses? Randomly tacked on one evening by a man deep in his cups, it made no sense to you. But he was in a rare jovial mood when he blurted out the slurred acknowledgment as you made an equally rare pass through the living room. You turned and happily responded to the new name. You would have given anything for him to see you. To be able to crawl up in his lap.
By Amy Willard3 years ago in Humans