Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Our littlest bird rolled into town on a wave of toddler-generated sunshine that leaves everyone grinning in its wake. Our granddaughter Margo was SO EXCITED to take her seat in an airplane and her parents were SO DISAPPOINTED when they had to sit on the tarmac for 90 minutes due to mechanical issues. Then, she [...]
Our first grandchild rolled into town this week for a visit we've been planning with mounting anticipation since the day she was born. And, even with all that advanced hoopla, she has outshined her reviews. You might expect a little diva behavior from someone who has had three songs rewritten in her honor and whose [...]
I'm ba-ack. And I can't believe I got to spend two weekends in a row with a perfect little peanut named Margo. I also got to spend time with one of the four woman honored by her name. That feels like a privilege too. Margo owes her first name to all four of her great-grandmas [...]
I am packing my softest sweatshirts and heading out to meet my granddaughter tomorrow, a sweet little bundle of love named Margo Lake. I'm a rookie grandma, but I was a rookie mom when Margo's dad popped his cute little head into this world, so we're on familiar, natural turf here. And, the thing about [...]
I’m not sure what my Baba would say about what’s going on in this world, but I know she’d say something. My paternal grandma felt most comfortable in the active kitchen of the green coal company house she kept immaculately clean, located just down the road from her mother, mother in-law, several siblings and in-laws. [...]