Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Our newest granddaughter pumped her fists in the air as she made her remarkable debut in this world. She has her father’s contemplative eyes, her mother’s long limbs, and her grandma’s name. “I’m going to have to step up my game,” I told my husband as we chatted about my namesake, our family’s newest precious [...]
I’ve spent the last 12 days largely in the company of a three-month old sensei. I mean that in the literal sense. When children ask us where babies come from, we often answer with as much biological precision as we can muster. Sometimes I think we’d be better served if that conversation went the other [...]
Molly and I sported our game day colors yesterday as we flew through Detroit on a somewhat spontaneous Thanksgiving adventure. Having never flown on Thanksgiving Day, we were both shocked by how smoothly our trip to New Jersey went. Our biggest struggle turned out to be the spotty WiFi on both our flights, which made [...]
I believe we learn equally from the generations we follow and the ones we (and then they) bear. Those of us lucky enough to be sandwiched between multiple generations are the most fortunate learners of all. So I knew, as I held my sweetly swaddled little granddaughter, that I wanted to teach her specific things [...]