On any given day in the United States, more than 430,000 kids wake up in foster homes. Here in Wisconsin, the Department of Children and Families has placed roughly 6,800 children in out of home care. Those numbers can be overwhelming when you think about all the resources required to feed, clothe, comfort, educate, counsel, [...]
Yesterday, I spotted a small, pink, easy chair randomly resting along a train track and it set my mind wandering. Had a rogue band of toddlers left it there after a raucous night of raspberry blowing and mud pie making following their coordinated escape from various cribs around the city? Too close to the tracks, [...]
Somewhere in a dusty corner of our basement, tucked away in a cardboard box, lies an essential album in my life. I think it may have been essential to every female I knew. Grease, for me, came out just when I started to move from being a bespeckled 8th grader who had just grown six [...]
Joy exploded like a fireworks encore when we all finally got together to celebrate the marriage of our son Charlie and daughter in-law Tara. Patience, planning and expert production resulted in this cool juxtaposition of a gorgeous pastoral ceremony and an elegant, hopping dance floor that throbbed with memories and fun. We were all so [...]
We have found some of our best summer fun in the most unassuming places. For instance, last weekend we made our way to Almond, Wisconsin, home of the very a-peel-ing Tater Toot Festival. It's hard to say what delighted us the most -- the kiddie train that zoomed up and down an empty Main Street, [...]
