Family

It’s funny.  I am the youngest of a brood of four kids.  Born and bred city person.  Complete with row home and city noises in a house without central A/C.  Growing up on this kind of environment kind of indoctrinates you to the cacophony of background noise. For as long...

Here are the comments from the Herndon Patch Mom’s Council this week: http://ht.ly/4rqIs Hard to believe that the editor made it out relatively unscathed.  Talk about life flashing before your eyes.  ...

A dear friend of mine asked me to go line dancing with her, and I’m going!  I love to dance.  I think I’m a decent dancer.  Problem is, most of the people I know, may not necessarily agree.  My huge extended family has broken me in to the world...

I’m not talking about nuns here.  (Although I’ve got my fair share of stories about them, since I was born and raised Catholic and went to 12 years of Catholic School.) I’m also not solely referring to biological sisters, but they are certainly a part of what I am talking about. ...

Just thought I’d share a story from one of my kids that brought a smile to my face. My immediate family is near in the Philadelphia area–great for the occasional visit and holidays, but not near enough to take advantage of babysitting requests. I am fortunate enough that I...