Hello!! It’s been a long while since I’ve posted on this blog; I’ve missed it and I’ve missed you too!! I hope you will take a moment to read it and enjoy my future posts. On to some thoughts! Today…
“I Did Nothing Special. I’m just an Ordinary Person.”
My Grandma Helen passed away last month. She was nearly 99. I had the honor of caring for her a few times in her later years, and over the course of those visits she told me about her life. This…
Tragedy, the Orphanage and Clyde.
Well hello there! Hope you’re having a great week. In my last post I shared Part One of “Talking with Grandma.” You may recall that as a child she lived on a farm in Ohio with her parents and two…
Grandma Helen. The Early Years
Well hello my friends. It’s been a sad couple of days, because Friday afternoon my Grandma Helen passed away. She died peacefully in her home as she had wished, less than a month before her 99th birthday. During her long…
Pregnant Mom vs. Toddler: Showdown in the McDonald’s Balls
My mothering skills are now on display. I need to show those women my kid who’s in control.
Easy, Cool Wall Art
I apologize for not posting the past few days– been absorbed with tracking my family tree on Ancestry.com. Of course, soon I will post about this, along with tips I’ve learned to make tracking YOUR family tree a cinch. It’s…
Go Ahead and . . . Fail!
So we went to the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday. It was lovely, and I had the pleasure of sitting across the table from my niece, Julie. Julie is in her twenties and recently moved to Los Angeles. She’s still trying to find…
Grandma Helen. The Orphanage and Clyde.
In my last post, I talk about Grandma Helen’s Early Years as part of “The Grandparent’s Series” in this blog, which I am doing throughout the month of March. Today I talk about the next phase in Helen’s life: “The…
Grandma Helen. The Early Years
During the month of March, my family celebrates several important birthdays. Grandma Helen turned 97 on March 11. My dad Ben turns 74 on Saturday, and my mother-in-law Paula has a birthday on the 19th. In their honor, I’m doing…
Don’t blink.
It happens in the most random of places. Perhaps you’re in the grocery store check-out, and your child asks you to buy a pack of lifesavers. Or you’re at the donut shop, and your toddler is pointing to a pink…