Today I was listening to Sarah Palin speak in Iowa, and again she mentioned her desire to bring awareness to the unique challenges that those who have “special needs” family members, or family members with “disabilities”, face on a day to day basis.
This touches a very special place in my heart because I have a […]
Summer vacations were something we always looked forward to when we were children, they were spent at my grandparents every year. It sounds like such a simple vacation compared to the elaborate vacations many take these days, but we loved it and I don’t have a single regret. My grandparents were wonderful, as […]
Father’s Day has come and gone, but my thoughts about Dad haven’t. I have had him on my mind a lot in the days proceeding Father’s Day and since. The picture is one of my daddy holding me when I was a baby, I had the honor of making him a “daddy” for […]
I’m watching the news as I eat my lunch…maybe not the best thing to do most of the time, but it’s funny what little things will trigger a memory. As they were showing the weather, and giving the amount of snow that has fallen in the Boston area, I immediately thought of my grandparents, […]
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 is a simple memory that just popped into my mind as I was digging through my cleaning products getting ready to clean the bathroom and came upon a bottle of silver cleaner.
When I was a child, each year at Christmas we used the good silverware, and each year, it needed to be polished. […]
I remember when Dad purchased his first Reel to Reel Tape Player, it was a Sony, and my Dad was quite excited about it. My parents were pretty careful not to run out and get the latest thing that was out in the market, so when we finally did get something, it was an […]