Today is my father’s 78th birthday. I am forever writing about my father and the sadness that’s taken up residence since the cancer came. He died when he was 66. Today he would be 78. Today, we’re celebrating his birthday.
I look at this photo, the one I scanned for this post, many times every day. […]
Happy Birthday, Dad!
December 5th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Tags: Family · Parenting · memories
Never Too Old For Stars
September 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
We spent Labor Day weekend with my parents. We is Nancy and I and Andrew (21) and Hope (17). My parents spend the summer in northwestern Wisconsin, so the weekend included twelve hours of driving each way from our home in Indiana.
A few days before our trip, my mother left a message on my phone. […]
Tags: Activities · Family · Parenting · Relationships
Leaving “The Littles” Behind
May 30th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Time is passing all too quickly and my boys are growing up. The little guys are 5 now, while the older ones just celebrated their 10th birthday this week. (Happy Birthday again, sweeties.) It suddenly hit me the other day: I don’t have little kids anymore. They are all […]
Tags: Activities · Behavior · Parenting
