Postcards from Home
My 20-year-old daughter left for college this fall after taking a semester off due to health reasons. She left with renewed doubts and feelings of homesickness. I came up with the […]
Category Archives: Family
“Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul”
I have always described myself a person who sees the doughnut… Which comes from a quote I was taught in 7th grade. ” The difference between optimist and pessimist is […]
Dear Life….
“Dear Life, When I asked if my day could get worse it was a rhetorical question”… I will never forget this day….Nov. 26,2012 The end of 2012 presented me with […]
Keeping Christmas Traditions Alive
As Christmas grows near its time to make preparations for our family’s traditional Christmas Eve Supper. My Grandparents came from Eastern Europe and brought their ethnic recipes with them. My […]
Give Blood Play Rugby
Just returned home after spending the day watching my daughter’s debut College Rugby game. You may be thinking that girl must be a brute to want to play that sport! […]
Mirror mirror on the wall, I am my mother after all
I recently have become an empty nester. I have 2 fantastic kids who have moved away for college this year ( both within commuting distance). So what’s a mother to do […]
Chronicles of life as an incurable do it yourselfer 