A day in the life with Carol Rossi by Dorothy H. Hayes

On this mild August morning, too beautiful to believe, I’m standing outside in the front of our little colonial placed in a Currier and Ives New England setting. I’m waiting for Lillian, my mother-in-law, to drive up the pebble and dirt driveway of Peaceable...

A Day in the Life of Carol Rossi by Dorothy H. Hayes

Since my husband is usually gone by the time I wake up, I have the baby and the house to myself. After brewing a cup of green tea, I step outside into the beautiful August morning to take a breath of fresh air before the baby wakes up. The barn is right across from...

A Day in the Life of Carol Rossi by Dorothy H. Hayes

The house is so quiet, except for the heat making the old pipes creak. I sleep in the master bedroom. It’s cheerful with the oak floors and the multi-paned colonial windows, and I’ve moved in my furniture, but I always think of my parents first thing in the morning. I...