Today we celebrated the birthday of Cory's girlfriend Niloufar. Her actual birthday is on April 15th, but this was the day when we could bring the whole clan together. We were together two weeks prior for Cheyenne's birthday and two weeks before that for the birthdays of Cory and my dad. We will have a [...]
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#3 child, #2 son, #1 creative soul
I never ceases to amaze me how different all my children are. The family thread runs through them and connects them in varying ways that make them part of the colorful eclectic that is our family, but each stand as their own unique prism. I believe this is true of all people and all [...]
A belated birthday remembrance…
Yesterday was my mother's birthday, but I was so preoccupied with other things that I didn't even realize the date until the evening. Typically, I write about my mom every October 24th. It is my way of paying homage to my mom's memory and the gifts she gave me. It has been 11 years now [...]
Everyone has BAD HABITS.
One of my dear friends Tammy (a.k.a. Lucy) gave me (a.k.a. Ethel) a great birthday card that I wanted to share with you today. I really do appreciate folks who still make the effort to find the perfect card for an occasion. I think that kind of attention to detail is quickly becoming an anomaly. These days [...]
YIPPEE!!!!
Well, here we are - four full years into the new forty today. Today I am 54 - one lone year from being officially old enough to order off the senior menu. Yippee!!!! No really - YIPPEE!!!! I am happy to still be on the planet as not everyone gets to stick around until my [...]
The legend of Bluebeard…
A year ago my grandson Lennon was born. It was a very joyous event and long in the coming. I waited a long time for his mom and dad to decide they were "ready" for a baby. I was ready years before they were. But I was made to wait...and wait...and wait - until June [...]
14 years of sparkle…
Today is Miss Sparkle's 14th birthday. And no, that isn't an April Fool's Day joke...well, at least not this year. As I say every year on this day, the universe was likely trying to layer on a sarcastic commentary when I had Cheyenne on April 1, 1999 - just three months before my 40th birthday. [...]
THE NEW FORTY 