Sasee Magazine

Through a fortuitous combination of luck, career and generous grandparents, our family has now made the pilgrimage to Walt Disney World seven times in the last eight years. Now, I know that some of you may view this feat as anything but lucky, but in our little family unit, this accomplishment is one of the [...]

“If you can find it, you can drive it,” Dad said with a chuckle. He tossed me a set of keys as we walked toward the restaurant parking lot. My family had come to town to celebrate my college graduation. Oblivious to the meaning of my dad’s gesture, I bounced into the parking lot a [...]

“Hey, Honey, I’ve got something to tell you,” my husband, Eric, said over the phone. “Make it quick, OK? I just dropped the kids off with my mom, and now I’ve got to finish packing,” I said. “I can hardly wait to get on that plane!” “Yeah, about that. The manager of the time share [...]

Shortly after my divorce, in the lingering details of final separation, I went to the basement of the now-for-sale house to get my last cartons. The new, bittersweet freedom nudged me to reawaken my old dream of writing, and files of half-finished manuscripts rested here, waiting for resuscitation. I descended the stairs with an unpleasant [...]

It was a quiet New Year’s Eve; movie, take-out Chinese, good champagne. My husband was downstairs in the garage, smoking a cigar and sipping a warm Mexican beer. I heard music and recognized Linda Ronstadt. Then remembered that my son had re-gifted me with hundreds of 33-1/3 LPs I had given him years ago. Moving [...]

April is a special month for hub-Russ and I, as our wedding anniversary is April 6. But this year, it’s bigger and better than ever as we celebrate 30 years of wedded bliss and an upcoming trip to a “British overseas territory in the North Atlantic,” as one source describes. I thought long and hard [...]

Sam and I aren’t married yet. We will be married someday; we just aren’t married yet. We haven’t even discussed marriage. I’m happy. He’s happy. My dog is happy. His cats are happy. Life is good. And surprisingly, marriage isn’t on my mind. But marriage IS on Sam’s mind and if there are hints, I [...]

I am a widow now, but when my husband and I were dating in the 1990s, we sent silly cards to each other. We lived in different towns, and sometimes the first awkwardness of expressed love is best carried out when a silly Hallmark card provides you an opening. Some 17 years later, and eight [...]

Dread describes my feelings on the day of my daughter’s wedding rehearsal seventeen years ago. I admit, dread is an unusual feeling for the mother of the bride, but this night I would see my former Hubby for the first time since our divorce. I would also meet the New Wife. I’d heard she was [...]

White lace and promises…NOT! Try white knit mini dress met Coast Guard uniform. We eloped to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, from Virginia, late one Friday afternoon in April. The promises were exchanged in the Justice of the Peace office over a barbershop. The year was 1969. A kiss for luck and we’re on our way… [...]