A while back Joelle asked me if I was going to be the kind of grandma someday that Grandma Nini is. Grandma Nini is theRead More
Category: Family Things
Every family has milestones and markers and these are some of ours
My Grandma’s birthday was this week. She would have been 95 years old. Our extended family all remember her birthday, even though she’s been deadRead More
We’ve tried to build into our family fabric the value of creativity. When the kids were little, it was easy to be creative…. get outRead More
I’ve had to work at establishing traditions. It’s not natural for me. I’ve put effort into it mostly for the sake of the kids, asRead More
Joelle had an assignment for one of her classes that required spending an hour in solitude and silence. I thought this seemed like the perfectRead More
That was hard. Harder than I anticipated. I knew it would not be easy. Today I dropped off Charles, Sylas and Andre’ at the airportRead More
When you were born, we took our time to get to know you and to get a sense of who you were before we namedRead More
Seventeen years ago today was our first full day with you. You had just been born the night before. I recall being filled with joyRead More
My daughter wants to read a book that I’m not so sure is age appropriate. So, I’m reading it to see what it’s like andRead More
Charles upgrading the kitchen of the first house we flipped I have identified and put in writing a number of goals for the rest ofRead More