I got to have tea with our family's tillerwoman yesterday in honor of her milestone birthday. From her position smack in the middle of it, my sister in-law Elaine has guided the good ship Biskupic through both stormy and following seas. She checks in and cheers on each of her 13 nieces and nephews exactly [...]
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 [...]
Our favorite ballroom dancer turns 90 tomorrow and, if you think she is even mildly daunted at the prospect of hitting that milestone in the midst of a pandemic, you don't know the unflappable Janet Mahr. She and her husband of 64-years kicked off their lives together in the midst of a local pandemic when, [...]
You can measure the love in my brother in-law Keith's life in some pretty tangible ways, like how many people crowded into his house to wish him a Happy Birthday Saturday night and how many miles they drove to get there. For instance, his niece Sheneta and her family drove more than 1500 miles from [...]
Of course, Molly threw her own 21st birthday party. She'd been waiting to celebrate this day for years. "I just want to be able to go where my family and friends go," she said, having grown up the youngest in both her family and her grade. Saturday night in Minneapolis her friends and family went [...]