Aunt Verna isn’t technically my aunt. She and her husband, Uncle Chris, were besties with my mom and dad since high school. Maybe even earlier than that. Uncle Chris’s sister, Aunt Kathy, married my dad’s brother, Uncle Peter. Uncle Peter was my dad’s youngest brother. He and my dad were really close – they worked […]
Life at My House
An Awesome Girls’ Weekend
Ingrid had her high school championship meet this past weekend at Franklin & Marshall University in Lancaster, PA. We were there last December for another meet where, as luck would have it, both her high school team and Kristofer’s club team were swimming. Kasen, Gretchen and Marit came with me to watch the meet in […]
Happy Birthday Papa
Happy 78th Birthday to the GOAT. The Greatest Dad of All Time. And the Greatest Grandpa of All Time. Whether we are on vacation or at a water park or on a road trip or giving hugs or playing cards or celebrating a new house or helping a grandson get his license or watching fireworks […]
Our Christmas
The kids and I had a really nice Christmas this year. Our routine isn’t the same as it was before the divorce, but we have all adapted. This year I had time with the kids from 12 pm on Christmas Eve to 12 pm on Christmas day. We started going to the movies on Christmas […]
The Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Except for Mom, who still had hours to go, Cutting, wrapping and tying bow after bow. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, While Dad stretched out, snoring, in his favorite reclining chair. The […]
My Friend Steve
Thirty years ago when I was in my early twenties, I was living in Allentown, Pennsylvania. I had just finished grad school at Lehigh and had received my masters in elementary ed. My first year out of grad school I was a full-time aide in a 6th grade classroom that had 32 students. My second […]