Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Addie Dorzweiler turns 100 years old in a couple of weeks, an impressive milestone for sure, but also - and more importantly to her - a reason to host a party. Addie loves to socialize. She and her husband Don raised nine kids in a house that was always hopping. "I always enjoyed people," she [...]
On the morning of his 60th birthday, my husband made me breakfast in bed. I had suggested a million different ways to celebrate the milestone. Bucks game? Big party with lots of friends and family? Small dinner party? He declined them all. He wanted to spend a quiet weekend at our cabin and then have [...]
It's always fun to celebrate a 21st birthday, that raucous rite of passage into American adulthood. When your path to the party takes you through such unimaginable places, that the milestone can feel like a miracle, you get to celebrate with extra joy. That's how we felt last night as we toasted Jojo the Pizza [...]
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 [...]