Change of plan

"I carry around a question in my mind, a question that teases and torments me for an answer, and then one day I think I see the answer in a person or an incident. But even then I don't rush and write it, it is only after I have encountered it a few times that I take the risk of inventing the story to house it in." - Mary Lavin

At five a.m. Saturday morning, I arose early in anticipation of our trip to Oklahoma. I checked my e-mail, where I found a message from my sister. She communicated some information that caused us to reconsider our trip to Oklahoma, and instead drive to my parents' home in south Arkansas. I called my father, who also thought it a good idea. I called the Oklahoma resort, and cancelled our room reservation. Then we set off for south Arkansas.

( postcards )