My husband Barry and my daughter Audrey are alike in many, many ways. First, they are Geminis.  This is interesting because Audrey was  not supposed to be a Gemini.  She was 6 weeks premature… which put her right on the cusp of becoming her Dad. Barry and Audrey are extremely fair-minded, always looking to make everything equal to everyone.  This [...]

Yesterday I was reading Audrey’s blog post What a difference 6 years makes… about how much has changed in the 6 years since her oldest little guy William was not quite one year old. This is true. But from my perspective as a Mom and a Grandma… well, just about nothing has changed. I see the same face in almost [...]

My granddaughter Taylor asked me to tell her a story about her Daddy when he was a little boy. We were eating dinner at a local restaurant, right after the Boys & Girls Club Swimming Championships, in which Taylor and her brother Andrew had participated and kicked fin! The restaurant was fun, busy kind-of noisy and we were there with [...]

While Janie and I were talking recently about relationships and companionship and marriage and the magic and triumph of hope thereof… I found myself telling her about The Watering Can. The Watering Can is perhaps my metaphoric vision of the “to have and to hold” piece of life and love and relationships. But my “to have and to hold” belongs [...]

Journeys are always quests of discovery… whether discovery of history, culture, something fun and different or bigger than ourselves and our world. And then there’s the quest of self-discovery. Self-discovery is that purposeful digging into the very deepest parts of our minds, and often our bodies, and setting on a course to complete a journey-quest. One step at a time. [...]

4 years ago today, there was a swirl of excitement, anticipation, romance and a sense of a new journey in my home. 4 years ago today, my littlest baby girl was getting ready for her wedding ceremony. Jane. My baby Janie. There is a bit of wonder, and a bit of breath-catching awe, when your youngest child is getting married. [...]

I first heard about The Mother Letter Project from Stephanie at Adventures in Babywearing by-way-of Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer. I was amazed from the first moment… and I continue to be amazed and inspired and enlightened by the letters that have been contributed to this most perfect gift from a man to his wife. My letter is about [...]

I was behind a woman in line at CVS just a few minutes ago. She was a bit frantic, trying to keep a baby in her shopping cart and manage both a toddler and a little girl while swiping her credit card. When the cashier handed her the receipt, the woman stopped a moment to study it… then she scanned [...]

Have you had your daily dose of dopamine? Chances are, if you’re a woman, you have. I got to thinking about this when I heard a little segment on the Today Show this morning about the possible brain chemistry of people like the Wallendas or Knievels. You know, like Alex Wallenda walking and (gasp, as if walking was not daring [...]

Yesterday, I wrote about meeting an elderly gentleman at my local grocery store who wisely offered me a suggestion. Quoting a line from the play Our Town, he told me to “slow down.” I did. And his words and the play he referenced continued to make a mark all through yesterday and into today. I thought of Our Town during [...]