“When she was growing up, her mother had a cautionary phrase she liked to use: Waste not, want not.
Decades later, her mother has long since gone to whatever bucolic destination children of the Depression deserve. Still, if she throws away food or anything reusable, she visualizes her mother’s disapproving stare and meekly says, ‘Sorry, Mom.'”
Minnie, from her first novel.
I take photos. I write. My volunteer job is taking photos of rescued dogs and cats transported by the rescue group whose records I manage. Since working and volunteering don’t leave me a lot of time to write, I’m spending 2017 borrowing from what these dogs and cats are writing. They said it’s okay.
Minnie’s story makes me tear up a little! Stll loving these