i'm going to make it (after all)

Oma, my great-grandma, had a chair that she got shortly after immigrating to America. My mom said she had it for as long as she can remem...

I enjoy reading the blogs of other parents, whether I know them or not, and I frequent parenting forums. As a woman who has an opinion on a...

Joanna Elizabeth was named after my Grandma Jo (July 22, 1923 - December 18, 2007) . In our family, it's a name that has been passed do...

The following blog entry is a somewhat winded story about the tradition of the lamb cake. If you don't know what I'm talking about...

Ah, so much change in my life! I started to really struggle to get myself into work these last few months. My job long stopped being fun an...

Although today is my birthday, I celebrated it yesterday with my family while my brother and his fiance were in town. Andrew and I set up th...

I woke up and started a pot of coffee. I really appreciate having mornings to myself, even if it's only for a few minutes. As I scoope...

For my Grandma Jo's memorial weekend, we had aunts, uncles, cousins, and so many others here in town. Aunt Gerry and Wayne flew in from ...

I think about Grandma Jo a lot. It's been almost four months, and I think it's really starting to sink in that she's not around ...