Sharing smiles……stories…..and sandwiches. If you were a fly on the wall, that’s what you would have seen as the four of us sat around a table the night before Daniel’s flight to Buenos Aires for his semester abroad. The four of us—Daniel, his mother, his father, and his sister—his nuclear family. If you were […]
Parting words
No cell phone. No email. No credit card. No itinerary. That’s how I went to Europe with a couple girlfriends the summer I was 19. I had a suitcase, a Eurail pass, and a vague idea of where we were going. The plans changed daily; Air France lost my suitcase; at least I hung onto […]
What's going on…..
…..is something I haven’t mentioned….maybe because I don’t really want to think about it. It’s one of those times when you get what you wish for. I’ve always encouraged my kids to experience everything they could. Who knew they would take me seriously? Daniel’s home for a week—-but it’s just a pit stop before a […]
It’s a hard-knock life
For the children most of us know, life is easy—- at least compared to the life of a Haitian orphan or Sudanese refugee. Still, an easy life doesn’t mean an escape from emotional pain. Stuff happens, usually things parents never sign up for. That’s what happened to a young mother whose husband is going through […]
Money talks….
…..and often it seems as if people talk about nothing else. For good reason: 44% of American families spend more than they earn The average American household carries over $8000 in credit card debt Money is the #1 cause of divorce And these figures were BEFORE the current crisis. It’s scary—not only the economy; but […]
The day before
I don’t remember the day itself; but I have a record of what I did. It’s in this little journal I kept through my first pregnancy. It was meant for food—-but I’d be horrified to record what I consumed every day— so I kept track of everything else. Across the top of the page I […]
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