Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
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 -- [...]
Because we were young and besotted with him, my husband Vince and I remember exactly how our oldest son greeted the world on the day he came into it. "Hi guy," Vince leaned over and said as the nurses swaddled his son. Charlie turned his head, looked right at his dad and smiled. We imagined [...]
You'll have to guess what milestone birthday party my sister in-law Donna hosted this weekend. Like the rest of my nine sisters-in-law, Donna doesn't age. It's ridiculous, really. We have to rely on digital time stamps and context clues to date their family pictures (though sometimes the hairstyles help). She may not age, but the [...]