Tag: Family
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A Quarter Century With CJ
Today we celebrate 25 years of a beautiful addition to our planet. Doctors told us it wouldn’t happen, and if a child were to come into our existence, there could be major complications. Yet 25 years ago, on a beautiful Saturday morning, a healthy CJ entered the world, to our delight. You know those Hallmark…
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Hudi Turns 19
It can be argued that his birth seemed like yesterday. And at the risk of sounding boring, that statement cannot be dismissed. But interestingly, it feels as if we’ve been together forever. I cannot fathom life without our kiddos — Hudson and Zebulon and CJ. What joy and inspiration they bring! Many parents worry about…
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Family
I know today is Friday, but it feels like it should be last Friday. This was one of the fastest weeks of my lifetime! It was a week of amazing family-ness. We traveled from our Massachusetts home on Thursday last week so we could be there when CJ and Lauren came to stay. They were…
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The Buffalo Community
When I hear the word Buffalo, I am immediately filled with happy memories of western NY. It holds my favorite zoo, memories of great evenings eating chicken wings–listening to jazz and small bands, jaunts to Niagara, awesome WordPress meetups and WordCamps, picking up my kids from the bus station, and the city’s airport was the…
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Hudi's Graduation
The kid rushed into the world. A few weeks early and ready to face anything life threw at him. In a very laid-back sort of way. He started framing jokes when he was three, having us all rush to see the “bat I found in the yard” only to keel over with laughter when we…
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God’s in His Heaven
The year’s at the spring And day’s at the morn; Morning’s at seven; The hillside‘s dew-pearled; The lark‘s on the wing; The snail‘s on the thorn; God’s in his heaven– All’s right with the world. –Robert Browning I’m recently left Utah, after a visit with 4/6 of my “children” ( 3 sons and their…
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And so it Goes
Today we took Hudi back to college. Christmas break is over, and the gift we had of our children’s presence in our home is now a ribbon of happy memories. Time is marching on, and we are — yet again– in a new stage of life.
