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. [...]
Even on the grayest days, we have a cheerful reminder that neither spring nor love ever fails, though sometimes they do take their time. We have other reminders too -- that challenged roots grow deep, tiny shoots are stronger than they look, basil makes everything taste better and grandparent vigilance stands eternal. All this because [...]