Author Archives: Kay Pelham

Goodreads Review: The Death of Ivan Ilych

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Kay Pelham

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy My rating: 5 of 5 stars So much to say about this little book about dying. It’s also about living. Tolstoy takes us through the different stages of Ivan Ilych’s life, the … Continue reading →

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There

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Kay Pelham

Today a Facebook page that I follow asked, “One thing you could never homeschool without is ________?” and since I was sitting there doing my Saturday planning, my response was “Planning”. Oh, you want to know the rest of what … Continue reading →

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The Rightness of Indignation

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Kay Pelham

I wrote the following a year ago on this date. It came up in my Facebook memories, and since I feel much the same today, I thought it worthy of posting here. It was good to revisit these ideas. _____________________________________________________________ … Continue reading →

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He Keeps Me Singing

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Kay Pelham

I was a sad girl when I met Jack Pelham in November of 1998. My younger brother (and best friend) had died from cancer in July, and my grief was unbearable at times. Three months after my brother’s death, I … Continue reading →

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Parents Aren’t Supposed to Bury Their Children

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Kay Pelham

We buried our daughter on this day 15 years ago, the day after she had breathed her last in my mother’s arms. The funeral home hosted a visitation for family and friends, and then we all drove to the cemetery … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Awesome Sister

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Kay Pelham

Some time after I had started piano lessons at age 7, my mother asked my sister Karen, five years my senior, if she wanted to take lessons. Karen responded, “Why would a lawyer need to know how to play piano?” … Continue reading →

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What an Oldest Sister Can Do

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Kay Pelham

Today my oldest of two sisters is 7 decades old. She has ten years on me, and since she married and moved to the other side of the country when she was 19, my childhood memories of her are very … Continue reading →

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On the Fifteenth Anniversary of Our Daughter’s Birth

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Kay Pelham

Our daughter, Virginia Grace Pelham, was born February 3, 2006 and passed from this life three weeks later, almost to the very hour of her birth, on February 24, 2006. I’ve often written on social media and on this blog … Continue reading →

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Naive

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Kay Pelham

When I was not yet 18 years old, I was headed to college 12 hours away from home. I was excited about this. Not that I had not enjoyed my super secure home life with Mom, Dad, 3 older siblings, … Continue reading →

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The Block around which I’ve Beeeen

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Kay Pelham

From time to time I comment that I have “been around the block enough to know”, so I am parking here a post that I will update when necessary, and link to whenever I catch myself making that comment, to … Continue reading →

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