It Just Takes One Voice for Others to Sing
Even before we met, at age 16, Mike and I had something in common. Our moms were both Barry Manilow fans. If you don’t know Barry, aside...
A Dinner Guest, a Mom from the Midwest and Compassion Expressed
If I could invite anyone to dinner, dead or alive, Erma Bombeck, a role model that I never met, is a top contender on my list! It is...
Crabby Hat Communication Curtails Constant Conflicts
This week I began a much needed deep clean of our kitchen, as I prepared for guests to visit our home, and found a communication piece, a...
Buffalo wings, buddies, beers and burgers beckon boasting…and baggage
For more than twenty years, the majority of our married life, I have come to hold a grudge against my husband’s annual guys' weekend, but...
Push-Pull, Parenting Perils of Raising Young Adults and a Shamrock Shake
Even though today is St. Patrick’s Day, the day of good luck, I am not feeling it. My adult child recently uttered the phase that made me...
Dust, Sneeze and Say Cheese Moments that Arose from the Basement
Cleaning the basement storage after more than a decade of accumulation of stuff, I felt like an archeologist excavating through the...