Sasee Magazine

There was a time in my life when I clomped to work in fancy dress shoes, and I danced the metal tips right off every pair of high heels in my closet. These days I prefer my shoes cushy-soft, and I wish with all my heart that winter didn’t come to the Midwest. Like most [...]

One great thing about getting older is realizing that if you wait long enough, your clothes will come back in fashion. The downside is, that it means that our closets are full of dated, but beloved, gems that we no longer wear, can’t get rid of, but hope that one day their day in the [...]

Scan the shelves in my home and you can see me in countless photos alongside southern sisters of all ages. You’ll know me every time; I’ll be the one with no lips. Despite countless attempts to rectify my deficiency, I’ve finally come to the conclusion that I am just plain missing the lipstick gene. This [...]

We all think of ourselves in a certain way. In our mind’s eye, we picture ourselves with certain qualities, and even if those things change outwardly, we still think of ourselves that way. The first thing people notice about me is my height. I’m incredibly short (like young-children-have-mistaken-me-for-a-little-person short). So, even if someday I have [...]

Many of my memories are as hazy as the smoke-filled bar where my boyfriend and I took Amanda. We knew the owner, Kathy, and trusted she would ignore the date on Amanda’s ID. She did. Perched on a bar stool in my black dress that revealed a little too much tanned thigh, I ordered a [...]

I’ve been rich, and I’ve been poor. And trust me, no matter what anyone else tells you about money not being able to buy happiness, rich is better. Much better. I can’t help but draw parallels between the era of The Great Depression and today’s dismal economic turmoil. Eight decades ago our grandparents and great-grandparents [...]

Through my teen years, I had no idea who that plain girl was looking back at me in my hand-held mirror. She had occasional blemishes, straight hair so thick a clamp couldn’t hold it and about an ounce and a half of self-confidence. Throughout my twenties, the gal in my oval dresser mirror wore sensible [...]

I’m happy to say that my daughter learned about sex on I-75. No, she wasn’t involved in some lewd rest area sex scandal, nor was she picked up while hitchhiking by some pervert. No, my daughter learned about sex, and all its possible complications and consequences, while talking to me during a four-hour drive home [...]

Sunday, my husband and I went to the wake of a 62-year-old former neighbor. We stood in the funeral home and watched a video of photos taken throughout the man’s life. As we watched his life, we saw our lives, too. There were the photos of Bill, that was his name, growing up. He had [...]

The trip wasn’t supposed to be challenging. It was. It wasn’t supposed to be educational. We learned a lot. It wasn’t supposed to be friendship bonding. I’m so glad it was. In 1992, I was part of three couples who planned to go to the British Open at Muirfield. Our husbands decided it would be [...]