Sasee Magazine

My husband’s sister, Linda, was the free spirit of the family. While the older sister, Barbara Jean, was dutifully cleaning up the kitchen, she would holler, “Linda! It’s your turn to dry the dishes!” Linda could be heard, but not seen, serenely tucked into the high branches of the maple tree in the back yard, [...]

I drove down a road just the other day that I had not seen since I was eleven or twelve years old, Afton Parkway. The only recognizable feature of the area was the shape of the little town square, the gazebo, and the ancient cannons that still seemed to be foreboding and yet protective of [...]

My husband and I were seeking advice from the local Social Security office. Our counselor was a friendly, ex-military gentleman, and he was a classic combination of professionalism and personality. In the middle of our interview, he told my husband, “I’m going to put you on the spot. When were you two married?” My husband [...]

When I think of today’s throwaway, disposable society with the recent interest in reducing one’s carbon footprint, I cannot help but believe that in many ways my mother-in-law, whom we called Granny, was a few decades ahead of her time. Granny was a product of the Depression, and she grew up with the dictum, “Use [...]

I live in a small town, a really small town. We have one stoplight, one drugstore, one pizza parlor, a 7-11, one grocery store and one restaurant. In the last few years, we have acquired a Subway and a Dollar General, which means we have moved up in the world. I moved to this town [...]

By the middle of January, many of the best-intentioned New Year’s resolutions have bitten the dust. It is too cold to run in the morning, too dark in the afternoon, the couch is much more inviting than the tread mill, and homemade macaroni and cheese is more comforting than a grilled chicken salad when the [...]

“Ouch!” yelled Iris. “What was that?” asked Amanda. “I’m not sure,” said Meredith. The three girls scoured the pavement for evidence of the material that had pelted them as they returned from their walk on the beach. There was no question; they had been assaulted by chocolate chip cookies. “Sorry!” boomed a chorus of voices [...]

I was perusing a magazine, while at a beach cottage last spring, when I first saw it. It seemed so simple, yet it drew me in, it spoke to me. It was a full page photograph of three white-haired ladies splashing in the surf. The photographer’s expertise was impressive, capturing the spray of the water, [...]

There is a well-known comedian whose signature line is, “Here’s Your Sign!” When my husband of 32 years and I started dating, there were many signs that should have warned me what lay ahead. I was given many hints during our rather short courtship (less than one year) about the true nature of the man, [...]

During my younger daughter’s freshman year at East Carolina University, she spent a magical, thought-provoking, life-changing weekend at a religious retreat called Chrysalis. She was already an active young Christian who devoted most of her free time at ECU to the Wesley Foundation, touring eastern North Carolina with the Wesley Singers. She had been brought [...]