by Ann Lee Miller | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
May 8, 2003, Gilbert AZ—I idled down Loma Vista in our minivan—unlike my usual Mrs.-Miller-gets-airborne-over-speed-bumps reputation from the neighbor kids. One block till home. Twelve-year-old Annie sat shotgun. The back end of the van was stuffed with our sleeping... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Jul 24, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
Mom and Ralph, my stepfather of over 20 years, bustled into my Indianapolis house after a two-day car trip from Florida. “Where’s your father?” Mom strode through the kitchen. I pointed her toward the bedroom where Dad had camped out since his hernia surgery. Mom... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
The food wars started innocently enough. Dad tagged along with Jim and I and our three-month-old firstborn for a cookout at Robin and Lanie Roberts’ farm house near Loudonville, Ohio. I glanced across the newly mown backyard at Dad. His hair still dark blond at... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
I looked up from the French toast remains and dirty dishes on the breakfast bar as Dad supervised the kids choosing the polished rocks he’d brought them as gifts. Their four heads ducked around the dwindling pile. The soft smile on Dad’s face warmed some deep place in... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Jul 3, 2015 | Ashland OH, Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Miami FL- Living Aboard a Sailboat, New Smyrna Beach FL
The fairytale ending I’d hoped would happen between me and Dad—didn’t. I matured. Dad mellowed into middle age. But we still muddled through life in the emotional ruts we’d laid down long ago. The only thing that shifted in my teens was the balance of power. While I’d...
