My mother jitterbugged into her ninth decade on a dance floor full of friends and family. She wore a fresh corsage pinned onto her shoulder by her lifelong friend and high school prom date, Larry, and brought a spare pair of dancing shoes to a venue full of both memories and plans. My mom likes [...]
My youngest daughter turns 20 today and we marked the occasion earlier this week by sharing a couple of pints of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and a fascinating episode of Chef's Table. Maybe we should have met the occasion of a young woman exiting her teens and an old mother marking the official end [...]
My sister Kathy approached the occasion of her 50th birthday party with unfettered glee. She mingled, hugged, high-fived, sang, chatted, reminisced, tasted, sipped, posed, and, utterly unfazed by the number on the top of her cake, happily wished as she blew out her candles. Unsure which of her favorite two outfits she should wear, Kathy [...]
The story you are about to read is true. The names have not been changed because there are no innocents, just a half-century milestone we’re thrilled to be marking and a legendary party about which some people would prefer we don’t speak. To celebrate properly, and excise old demons, speak we must. Our story begins [...]
Turns out you can cram a lot of love into Milwaukee's Dineen Park Pavilion. The place swelled with it Saturday afternoon as the man of the hour, Mr. Traveain Finley, sat in the center of the room and received visitors. Beaming, he hugged guest after guest -- school friends, teachers, caregivers, relatives and fans -- [...]
