Bread & With It

"Gram, what's for dinner?" I'd ask.

"Bread and with it," she'd say with a smile.

I never knew what I would get, but I knew it would be delicious.

Strangers to Family

I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved at all....

Cathy Stenquist

Oct 28, 20214 min read

My story on World Mental Health Day. During my journey caring for my mother, who suffered from malnutrition, I learned a lot about the...

Cathy Stenquist

Oct 10, 20212 min read

Sunday Evening: I browse through old pictures. My little girl, adorned in her tutus, is all grown up now, and getting married next...

Cathy Stenquist

Aug 17, 20213 min read

Shhhh! Don't tell anyone. Really... OK, here goes. I am a closet fabric hoarder. I'll admit it. Browsing through Joanne Fabrics almost...

Cathy Stenquist

Jul 21, 20213 min read

I think I have found the new form of writing I have been waiting for. - Free Verse Poetry- Unlike Haiku or Tanka or many other forms of...

Cathy Stenquist

Jun 10, 20212 min read

I lifted yet another cardboard box filled with memorabilia onto her dining room table. Even though my sister Diane and I knew we were...

Cathy Stenquist

Jun 9, 20213 min read

When you are a caregiver for two years and your mother passes away, it is nearly impossible to get in the mindset to write a children's...

Cathy Stenquist

Apr 25, 20212 min read

You Are the Map! On this day during National Poetry month, I'd like to share with you one of my favorite poems. The Road Not Taken By...

Cathy Stenquist

Apr 23, 20213 min read

When my father, a 'Type A' manger who was used to always being in control, was having a hard time with a diagnosis that turned his world...

Cathy Stenquist

Apr 21, 20212 min read

How you can make your dreams come true If you had asked me a few years ago, "Who is Cathy Stenquist?" I would probably have responded,...

Cathy Stenquist

Apr 14, 20212 min read