2 Weddings from a Grandma’s Perspective
June 15, 2011 by Sharon
Filed under Grandchildren, Sharon
Ten years ago this month, on June 30, 2001, my daughter Audrey married the man of her dreams, Matthew. Ten years ago, Barry and I had 2 grandchildren… 2 beautiful little girl cousins… Taylor and Maddie. For her wedding celebration, Audrey had 2 little dresses designed for Taylor and Maddie… 2 little white and butter-colored [...]
33 Years Ago, Today!
When I woke up 33 years ago today, I knew that I was going to have a baby that day. I had gone into early labor the morning before… 6 weeks before my due date. Fortunately, my husband Barry and I taught at the same school where the early labor began (while teaching a class, [...]
My Beautiful Granddaughter Maddie Is Nine
My beautiful Maddie turns 9 today… and I wrap my heart around all the wonder and beauty and kindness and creativity she brings to our lives and to our planet. It is no coincidence that Maddie came to us in the Spring, the time of earth’s colors and scents and amazing renewal. This is for [...]
Skipping Hand-in-Hand with my Granddaugher
This past weekend was pure sun, warmth and blue skies in New England… and a couple of days worth of great running races for my family and friends. Saturday was the Providence St. Patrick’s Day 5K, and on Sunday the New Bedford Half Marathon. I ran the St. Pat’s 5K on Saturday with Audrey, Keith [...]
Happy 9th Birthday, Taylor!
9 years ago this morning our world forever changed when our first grandchild, Taylor Jane, was born… everything was magnified a zillion times. The joy. The beauty. The power of life. The first moment I saw Taylor, with her raven hair and perfect face… I fell in love. What we would see come from that [...]
Sliding onto the Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center… a dream come true
A little while back, I wrote about #7 on my List of 57 in 52. I said, “I want to ice skate in white figure skates at the Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City. I want to wear tights and a twirling skirt (not too short!)… and I wish to do this [...]
A little felt skirt with an ice skate applique…
I don’t remember where I got the little dark blue felt skirt with the big white ice skate applique on the front of it. I only remember loving it. As I think about it, it was most likely a gift from one of my aunts back in Boston… one of my Mom’s three sisters who [...]
"See Jane clean. Clean, Jane, clean."
Yesterday was Jane’s birthday. Jane isn’t one to ask for things, even wish-list sorts of things for birthdays and Christmas, so I was pleasantly surprised when she told me last week that she really, really needs a vacuum cleaner for her NYC apartment… something small and light and easy to store for a, well, small [...]
A Mystic Aquarium adventure and a tale of 4-inch wedge sandals
Yesterday, Barry and I took our granddaughter, Taylor, on a little birthday outing. It didn’t seem to matter to Taylor that her 8th birthday happened in JANUARY… and the promised outing came in SEPTEMBER. Ah… time. It has a way of checking off minutes and days and weeks and months. But back to Taylor’s special [...]
Ah… something wonderful on ice!
I did something yesterday that I haven’t done in YEARS… and it was oh, so wonderful! Ice skate. And what made it “exceptionally” and “extraordinarily” fun (words used by my beautiful little granddaughters to describe it) was that I ice skated with them… Taylor and Maddie. It started with an idea for a Christmas gift. [...]
