Category: Family
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A House Rule
The other day my Uncle John sent me an email regarding a job he would never want. I immediately knew it would be a dream job for my husband and all three boys. I wrote back to Uncle John saying: Unfortunately, I think all my guys would love that. Our house rule is that they…
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Robins in Early March
Can you see it?  March 6 in western NY. Not a common sight for us at this time of year. If we can’t be on the hills snowboarding, we can at least enjoy the beauty and song of these creatures 🙂 There were a bunch of them. Here’s a close-up of one.
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Papa Doug
In a world where families are constantly ripped apart, I was blessed with three, yes three, amazing grandfathers. Leon and John were blood grandfathers who died several decades ago. And Doug, the third one, and technically a step-grandfather, Â died this week. I learned about it on Facebook when my cousin Audrey wrote: Papa told the…
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Happy Birthday to my Man
This is quite possibly one of the most temperate birthdays this February baby has ever had in his 53 (gasp!) years. And while we still have a few hours left to go, so far it’s pretty close to perfection. The plan was for him to have a Mario Kart marathon with Hudi, Zeb, Bri and Lauren,…
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A Digital Mini Time Capsule
Last week my friend and co-worker, Pam, posted a cute blog post in which she asked her kids questions, and they answered. She opened by saying it was a meme going around Facebook. Remembering the past, I dredged up a link to the trend from 2009 and pulled up my own kids’ answers (different questions,…
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What’s in a Game?
We set up the board in our NY home and pinged my cousin Lise, who lives in Denmark…
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Falling Snow (AÂ Tetractys)
Falling Snow (A Tetractys) by FT Ledrew 01/04/15 Source: Falling Snow (A Tetractys) This is so beautifully written.