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Little Dilemmas and Moral Relativism
Here are two small, current dilemmas here: 1.) My daughter’s worn out shoes. I gave a familiar ultimatum to...
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Freshman Year Over
It seems such a short time ago that I dropped my oldest daughter off at college (click here to...
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Poem: Motherhood is a Gift
Motherhood is a Gift An infant’s earnest gaze The giggling feet of a baby in a high chair about...
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My Youngest’s “Golden Birthday”
A “golden birthday” is the one birthday when you turn the number you were born on. So since my...
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So Today was my Birthday
So today was my birthday. There was no fanfare, no surprise parties on yachts encircling Manhattan, no two-seater, bright...
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My 20th Wedding Anniversary
I had a wonderful day. It helped that we had no big expectations of it. We needed to take...
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New Poem by Me: Virginia’s 18th Birthday
Virginia’s 18th Birthday My oldest turned 18 quietly and without fanfare. She danced in her day at an end-of-the-term...
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My Nephew’s Wedding
My nephew Allen has been dating Heidi for six years. They met at the very beginning of her freshman...
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Rehearsal Dinner Food
We drove the 11 hours down to Chapel Hill to attend my nephew’s wedding. After having lunch with my...
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Book Review: The Gift of an Ordinary Day
I resonated with this book for a lot of reasons. Like the author, I’m a mother with teenage kids...
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Apple Picking Changes
One of the things that sold us on buying our house here in Connecticut was this local orchard we...