The sun set brilliantly over Lake Harriet yesterday as we took a brisk post-meal, pre-dessert walk. I am grateful for beautiful sunsets and people who appreciate them as much as I do. I am also grateful for a quirky daughter who set brilliantly the dinner table in her Minnesota apartment with astonishingly delicious, mostly foraged [...]
There are plenty of things we don't know about babies before they are born. We don't know the color of their eyes, or the size of the feet; the texture of their hair or what they like to eat. We don't know if they'll like scrambled eggs, country music, basketball, classic movies, or ballet. We [...]
One of the best things about being the mother of the groom is that you get to dance with your son at the wedding. One of the worst things about being the mother of the groom is that you have to dance with you son in front of a room full of people who have [...]
Joy exploded like a fireworks encore when we all finally got together to celebrate the marriage of our son Charlie and daughter in-law Tara. Patience, planning and expert production resulted in this cool juxtaposition of a gorgeous pastoral ceremony and an elegant, hopping dance floor that throbbed with memories and fun. We were all so [...]
Did you ever ponder the similarities between families and jigsaw puzzles? The way you need every member to complete the picture and how each piece fits together perfectly once you look at it from all angles? No? Me neither. But, I have pondered the awesomeness of my two daughters in-law and I offer the following [...]