Yesterday we had the family here at our home to celebrate and honor my Mother on her on her 80th birthday with food, fun and a lot of love. My brother said it best when he stated that “80 years ago today, on October 5th, 1928, the world became a better place because you were […]
My son will be 27 this week, tomorrow, in fact. When my children were young, each birthday I’d tell them the story of their birth in great detail, but now that they are both adults, that doesn’t go over as big as it used to…oh I can get away with it now and then. I […]
I promise I’m NOT going to share 56 birthday memories, my present birthday is still unfolding, very peacefully and nicely, and I don’t remember my first few. I am often asked if I feel gypped because my birthday is right after Christmas, no, and I’ll tell you why.
I loved my grandparents very much. […]
This picture is of Mom and Dad at my sisters wedding, about 11 years ago on October 19th.
In October, my dear Mom’s birthday is on the 5th, she always liked birthdays to be celebrated “on the day” and that is what we did most of the time. She liked to be home, but I have […]
This post was originally written on September 19th of this year, before I moved the blog to this new location:
It’s a little after midnight, so it’s officially September 19th. I’ve been thinking about it on and off all day, Dad’s birthday is today, and he would have been 83. Dad wasn’t much for […]