Author Archives: Susanne Moore

Today I spent several hours with my granddaughter putting the finishing touches on my Christmas decorations. I put the angel on the tree, turned on the lights and waited for their arrival. All of my presents had been wrapped but none of them were under the tree. My eldest granddaughter Lily is almost seven. SheContinueContinue reading “Pretty Packaging”

The last time I laid eyes on my daddy was a Monday afternoon, June 21, 1994. He came to take me to lunch at Western Sizzlin’ in Bedford, Texas. He lived in Dallas, and I lived in Fort Worth, but I worked in Bedford. I was 26 years old and 7 months pregnant with myContinueContinue reading “Never in a Million Years”

Weeds really can be a nuisance. I have endless stickers in my yard that through the years have caused much frustration in my life. My 6 year old granddaughter always asks when she comes over if there are stickers in the house because she has stepped on a few. How do we deal with theContinueContinue reading “In the Weeds”

Feeling a bit lackadaisical about writing lately, so I owe my readers an apology. It has been an exhausting month. Sometimes you must get in the car and just drive. In other words, put one foot in front of the other, move forward without questions or distractions, hang out with yourself and do one taskContinueContinue reading “Life is a Highway”

A Trauma Response? Talking about our trauma is important.  However, it does make people uncomfortable. I would really like to change that narrative. We hide trauma behind many things because truth might hurt others, or you might have to admit it happened to you and we carry a lot of shame. So many reasons. HowContinueContinue reading “Busy, Busy, Busy”