Is your partner someone you keep to yourself or have you made them part of your family? Are they kept away from a family get together or have you already introduced them to Mom and Dad and showed them the wonder that is your (shrine to your childhood) bedroom at your parent’s house? If [...]
Family celebrations are important; for the kids and for adults. Our tribe, our clan, our loved ones with our shared histories and childhood experiences is unique. We need to get together to celebrate those milestones of births, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, and yes, funerals. When you have remarriages, step and half-siblings and ex-husbands and wives, [...]
I lost my Dad on 10/27/17. He passed away suddenly; while not completely unexpectedly, as he was well advanced in years and had been a cardiac patient with a history of quadruple bypass surgery which gave him ten more years of life. Still, I wasn’t ready to have him gone. I wasn’t ready to [...]
My dog Ollie passed away Sunday unexpectedly. We think it was a heart attack or stroke. He was fine one minute, and then he was down, and shortly thereafter, he was gone. While we’re so sad to have lost him, I’m thankful that Debbie and I were there when it happened. I can’t imagine [...]
