Sasee Magazine

If you’ve ever been with someone who’s near their transition from this life to the next, you’ll understand what I’m about to say: There’s an aura of peace that surrounds a dying person. There’s a confidence and an omniscient wisdom. “Don’t forget me.” Of all the words my grandmother spoke during her 91 years, I [...]

I picked up the box and was shocked by how heavy it was – now I was really intrigued. All I really wanted to do was rip it open right then and there, but agonizing as it was to resist the burning curiosity surging through me, I remembered the frozen goods defrosting in the car [...]

Once upon a time, two children decided to go shopping for Christmas presents for their parents. Of course, this was encouraged by the parents. Who doesn’t like a surprise? At the time J.C. Penney’s came up with a brilliant marketing concept by creating a dollar store for children. This “store” was fenced in and decorated [...]

My dad used to have poker parties. Every couple of months he would pay my sisters and I a dollar to clean the basement so he and his cronies could sit at the round Formica top table, covered with a green cloth, and play One Eyed Jack, Man with the Ax, Pair of Deuces Takes [...]

I have five children. Three of them I acquired the normal way – nine months of heartburn and hemorrhoids, followed by no less than 17 hours of unpleasant sensations in my abdominal area. But looking back, I count those days as some of the best in my life. (Motherhood is funny that way.) My other [...]

My grandmother, Mammie, has lived alone for over twenty-five years. But you wouldn’t know it to look inside her fridge. On any given day, one might find several types of meat, two heads of cabbage, potatoes, carrots and a few bricks of cheese. Usually, she has a specific meal in mind when she purchases these [...]

My church has always co-sponsored a community Thanksgiving Eve service with the local Baptist church. For many years, I sang in the choir during the services when my church was the host, and I had simply thought of the service as part of the holiday routine. We sang the traditional hymns, “We Gather Together,” and [...]

My husband and I just returned from a trip to England. In the two weeks we were there, we drank a wicked amount of wine – we had no choice. Our trip involved numerous visits with friends and family who insisted on opening generous amounts of wine to accompany the meals we were sharing with [...]

Oh, what in the world do you buy a woman for her 100th birthday? Despite some lovely colors on offer, none of the cardigans seemed festive enough for such an occasion. I knew my fashion-conscious aunt would approve of the pale blue cashmere with the pearl buttons, but was it good enough to mark such [...]

I’ve stripped and refinished it three times, and it still looks like something the cat dragged in. There are stains all over the top, and significant sections of veneer are chipped, separated or altogether missing. The knobs and their back plates are of entirely different styles and periods, and the latches on the two big [...]