Sasee Magazine

“The news is not good. You only have three weeks to live.” And with that, her adventure begins. She quits her department store job, cashes in her IRA savings account and flies off, first class, to pursue what she had only dared dream about. This seemingly far-fetched, but not totally unrealistic, premise is the storyline [...]

My cat has a present tense outlook on life. Everything is brand new, each day, each moment. In the morning, he goes outside with a joyful new-day leap, only to scratch to get in moments later. He runs to his bowl for a few bites, then meows to go out again, desperation in his voice. [...]

Frankly, it was a little embarrassing. I was 45 years-old, and my parents were taking me on a vacation. But who was I to argue about a free trip away from the stresses of parenthood and daily life? At least we weren’t traveling in the family station wagon. This time, it was a big cruise [...]

January seems the logical time for new beginnings. I suppose that’s the reason we make resolutions on New Year’s Day instead of on Halloween. I’ve given up on resolutions because each year my new beginning quickly turns into a discouraging ending and leaves me feeling like a loser. I use the term loosely because my [...]

Well, Christmas is right around the corner, or so it seems, and I’m stumped. I can’t find any Christmas tree lights, and it’s driving me crazy. Not only that, I’m driving Hubby Russell (Oscar the Grouch) crazy with my insistence: “Just pull in here honey. Trust me; this store (being the third one in an [...]

His fellow soldiers pointed, mocked and roared with laughter at the contents of his package, but he didn’t care. What he found inside brought him more joy than all the other mail put together. When you marry someone in the military, deployments are part of the deal. You pretend to be okay with it, to [...]

Each year as the holiday season comes, I’d like to be able to tell stories to my friends about how my family gathered together and “roasted chestnuts on an open fire,” decorated Christmas trees that would have made Martha Stewart drool with envy, exchanged heartfelt gifts and sang O Holy Night to celebrate the holiday [...]

I grew up in the shade of tall evergreen trees in Seattle, Washington. Now I live in Phoenix, Arizona, where I see cactus covered hills outside my window. I used to have a grassy yard to mow; now I rake my gravel. Seattle had tree huggers driving hybrid cars; in Phoenix the SUVs rule the [...]

It wasn’t just another day at the beach; no way. It was a day of unusual occurrences, not like the Twilight Zone or anything that bizarre, but more like messages that touched my heart: Visual images that moved me as if someone was speaking directly to me. Every step I took that day opened a [...]

When I was little, my family had a ridiculous breakfast table. It was as round and bright and yellow as the sun. And big. One of us could spill a glass of milk at breakfast and the splash wouldn’t reach the others until dinner. My parents bought the big yellow table in Mexico during a [...]