Family

Perfect Moment Monday: Happy happy joy joy

December 30, 2011

(ALI Alert: baby mentioned. Do not read if you are in a tender place.) One week ago… Sheri (my middle sister) and I are at a morning yoga class. She’s been living in Pennsylvania this year and it’s a real treat to spend time with just her, doing one of the things we really love [...]

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Perfect Moment Monday: Free Fall-in’

November 27, 2011

When you get a 70 degree day on a weekend in November, it’s prudent to chuck the To Do list and play hookey from your chores. Roger and I, on a whim, loaded up the kids and pretended we were tourists in our own city. We stopped at an urban park and let Tessa and [...]

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Perfect Moment Monday: The ordinary is extraordinary

October 23, 2011

It’s a lazy Saturday, and an unseasonably warm one for mid-October. I’m taking advantage of the lazy part by reading a good book and taking an afternoon snooze. The others in my family are taking advantage of the gorgeous weather by heading outside. I awake from my short nap to the sound of merriment outside [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Photogenia

June 8, 2011

For more family portraits and my guest post, see mbgpics.com

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One moment in time

May 26, 2011

The title is not because I’m a fan of Whitney (I’m so not), but because my very talented friend Mary Beth took our portraits this past weekend. It’s been three years since we’ve put on our Saturday best and had MB capture our family on film. Err, in pixels. Here’s one I can share in [...]

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On death and dying

April 29, 2011

Would it be in bad taste to talk about death in bullet points? Should I cut to the heart of the matter? I’ve been a little choked up in my thoughts and emotions. Hang in there with my gallows humor. Colonel Mustard in the Dining Room with a Candlestick. Now I’ll get serious. Deadly serious. [...]

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