The Funeral
Funerals would be the death of me.
No one wants to be the weak link in the chain. I know I don’t. I think my mom would say that makes me proud. Today, I’m sharing one of the flash fiction stories I wrote in April that didn’t make the cut for the contest I’m entering at the end of this month. I’d …
I’m married to a man who has a genetic history of mostly male siblings. He had two brothers. His dad had only a brother. We have two sons. This is why I expected to have only grandsons. BUT…then they had the ultrasound today. My first grandbaby is a GIRL! I’m still stunned. Shocked. In a …
I had a landmark birthday recently. And I totally expected to feel old. Which made me start to wonder: what does that even mean? Old is a state of mind they say. You’re only as old as you feel. Don’t think of age as a number. You’ve heard all the platitudes and sayings. But they …
Twenty-three years ago yesterday at a few moments after midnight, my he-will-forever-be-my-baby son entered this world. Yesterday, we celebrated that occasion. It was a huge family dinner. My four, their wives and the family of my baby’s wife. My baby has a wife? I know. Wasn’t it just yesterday he arrived in the world? Right. …
Scrapbook your family’s memories. It’s a perfect way to re-live those moments while preparing a product you can share with others. And I’ve been scrapbooking my youngest son’s wedding. For most of 2015 (although, I have to be honest, I really slacked off early in the year). Now, it’s time to put the colored paper …
In the wake of one whirlwind wedding, the memorabilia for another waxed and waned. Without an engagement, there would be no wedding. Right? Engagements are epic. Entire movies have been plotted around popping the question. Why was it so difficult to put this spread of pages together? Call me creatively stifled. Or dumbfounded by the …
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A few weeks ago, I posted about maintaining family traditions around the holidays. I didn’t say there was no room for change, but I did mention conversations held with my son. He responded to the post (which you can read here) by saying he felt he had been misrepresented. I made him look bad. My …