My nephew Benjamin turns 5 today. I just can’t believe how quickly this… becomes this… One thing I love about blogging is that it allows me to relive special moments in my life, like the day this bundle of joy was born… and remember how nervous I was about him arriving safely in this world. I wrote the following post [...]

My Grandson Benjamin turns 5 today… ! It seems like yesterday that I held my beautiful Benjamin the very first time… And 5 years later, my world has been blessed to beyond forever with the great love Benjamin has brought… Audrey calls Benjamin “Baby Angel”… She always has, since the day he was born. And you know what? Benjamin calls [...]

I think we realize just how GROWN-UP our grandchildren are when WE remember being the age they are. Yes? I remember turning 11.  I remember 5th grade.  I remember my friends, my teachers, my activities, my secret crushes. I even remember the books I loved back then. And in the swirl of beautiful life… moments and hours and days and [...]

This is The Story of the Birthday Egg. The Little Birthday Egg is a gift from our oldest granddaughter, Taylor.  I wrote about it almost 2 years ago as my family celebrated the Birthday of our beloved NanaFlo. Taylor gave this special gift to Barry and me on the day NanaFlo would have celebrated her 91st Birthday.  It was just [...]

Today, my mind wanders back to that joyous November day 9 years ago when a whole bunch of us spent a day much like today… sunny, warm, gloriously happy… waiting for a little baby to be born. It was a Saturday. We didn’t know if this little baby was a boy or a girl.  I had predicted girl, but I’m [...]

31 years ago this morning, just past midnight, I was pacing up and down the corridors of the “old” maternity hospital in Rhode Island. Barry had gone home… with the promise to return at the crack o’ dawn. These were the days when the Mom checked into the hospital the day before a C-section. These were the days when it [...]

There was a time in my life when I didn’t particularly like Autumn. Maybe it was because I loved Summer so much, with her glorious blues and greens and pinks and white-whites. My Mom always reminded me that I was born in Autumn… and that I would some day love the deep, rich, cool of Autumn’s miracles. Never, I thought. [...]

I wonder what I was thinking here… I wonder if I knew back then that I would love words and babies and dogs and high heels and lobster salad. I wonder if I knew back then that I would love a good challenge. I wonder if I knew back then that faith, hope, charity and prayer would steer my life. [...]

It was Jane’s dog Ryder’s 3rd birthday.  January 30, 2005.  I was standing in Jane’s kitchen in Rhode Island and we were singing Happy Birthday to Rydie while circling her with a little cake. My cell phone rang… showing a call from Audrey who was living in New York City with Matt and 4-month old William. I will never forget [...]

How can this be? Our youngest grandchild, Dylan Joseph, turns 3 today! Dylan is the youngest child in his family of 10-year old Maddie and 7-year old Jake, and the youngest cousin of 9. These 9 grandchildren came like a run-away freight train… 9 of them in 7 years… and Dylan is the shiny red caboose! Dylan is the whole [...]