Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
More than 30 years after she first started writing it (and singing it all over the house), my mom finally finished a song about my middle little sister. With an assist from an extremely kind teacher at Heid Music, and a lyric or two from my youngest sister Jenny and her daughter Erin (who now [...]
To be fair, this isn't my favorite photo of New York, it's my favorite photo of my favorite people in New York. I shot it on our last family trip to New York, which was three whole years ago. I'm about to make up for lost time, though. Even as we speak, I am winging [...]
Thanks to a creative group of high school planners, a bunch of game teammates and a resilient captain, our second Relay for Life turned out to be the laughter lap. Green-shirted teen-aged volunteers flitted all over Menomonee Falls High School, undaunted by threatening storms. They wisely voted to move the event indoors and never missed [...]
What's a family to do when the Packer season abruptly ends and an interminable winter looms dark and cold? Gather sweet friends for a big ole aca-awesome party. That's what we did Saturday night and it turned out to be one of our most Fundamentally Sound ideas. We took some of the nicest people we [...]
Tomorrow when I gather my family around our chaotic dining room table, I'm going to thank God most sincerely for my sister Kathy's eyebrows, because they're dark and lovely and brand spanking new. They gracefully arch over dark blue eyes that reflect profound courage, dignity, strength and optimism. My mom used to chase Kathy around [...]