The holiday itself is over but hopefully, we are all still being thankful and grateful for what we have. I could not convince my family to let me have free reign with the camera on Thanksgiving Day but here are a few shots – including a table shot – of what the day was like… Continue reading Thanksgiving 2009
I know, who cares what happened on November 25th, 1984? It is not a particularly important date in world history. It is an important Sunday in my personal history. Twenty-five years ago today I became a mother. The day started out the same as many Sundays. I woke up earlier than need be. I… Continue reading Twenty-five Years Ago Today
Okay, you all think I am crazy! I know this in my heart. But, that is okay as I also know I am slightly crazy. I have started plans for my holiday baking. You may ask what? Why? When? I try to keep a running list of items I need, the basics – unbleached flour,… Continue reading Holiday Baking
I have a friend, one that I first met and chatted with online but that I have since met in real life, whose son’s football team was making a run for the NYSPHSAA championship. I have followed Dad’s posts on Facebook about wins in various games and it has taken me back. Tonight, even… Continue reading Playoff Time in NYS High School Athletics
When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life,… Continue reading Quotable
I finally decided to make up my Thanksgiving dinner menu. This is actually early for me as I will quite frequently wait until the Sunday of Thanksgiving week to get the menu together and the list in place to do the actual shopping. My reason for doing an earlier menu this year is that… Continue reading Thanksgiving Dinner
Unlike many of my friends, I do get communication from my college freshman frequently. This is not necessarily the case with some of my other college-aged children but the 19 year old pops up in my IM or on Facebook to tell me what is going on at SUNY-Oneonta frequently. This story all starts… Continue reading The College Call
Yesterday, I went to college for the day. This is not the first time I have played this role. I have six children and yesterday I was visiting #5 at college. I have done the day trip to college many times since 2003 and each time is different. This time was made more unique by… Continue reading Mom to the College Kid
I frequent a web site for moms run by our local Gannett newspaper. Yes, there has already been discussion of the holidays on said site. First off, we are all interested in what someone else is doing for the holidays. Sometimes, it is because someone else’s horror story of how parents and grandparents always fight… Continue reading The Holidays Approach
… what do you want for the holidays? I have to say that I have been asked a lot of questions in my lifetime. Some have been easy ones; some not so easy. Unfortunately, I find one of the hardest questions “what do YOU want for (fill in the blank)? This time of year… Continue reading How do you answer the question …
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