My sister Jenny turns 50 tomorrow and she is jumping into that decade with a head full of glee. Those first five decades have been full of accomplishments, and she has big plans for the next. I'm excited to tag along. We've called her Boomer since she was a spunky little sprite who made my [...]
My son Charlie started his birthday at 4:45 yesterday morning by taking a nice stroll with his wife Tara from their apartment in Queens to the M train, which she takes on days she works in the city. Then he hit his neighborhood gym for a morning workout, picked up a cold brew and some [...]
It's taken 57 years to finally dawn on me that the person we should be toasting with chocolate fudge cake and a scoop of Graeter's Ice Cream on April 19 is my mom, the former Peggy Jo Fey. She's the one who popped me out into this old world not even 11 months after giving [...]
Today, my daughter Katherine celebrates her birthday and, though I’ve written about her before, I believe the beautiful butterfly that is emerging from her COVID-mandated cocoon deserves a special post. Katherine lives in LA, which has been locked down for almost exactly a year. Everything that drew Katherine and her friends to that city – [...]
Tomorrow my mother will celebrate her birthday alone for the first time in 82 years, which is a disappointing but sadly universal challenge during this historic global pandemic. In honor of her, though, we'll focus on the fifth word in that otherwise depressing sentence. Let's celebrate Grandma P! P is for Peggy Jo, the oldest [...]