Today’s story actually started back in my college days. As I’m sure is still the cases on college campuses around the country, there were frequent Red Cross blood drives. I was always WAY too much of a chicken to donate blood, but my roommate she was a brave one. EVERY time she had the opportunity…
Just for Laughs
What Does a Mother Say?
In going through some old articles I’ve written I found this one that I wrote four years ago which was never published on my blog. In honor of the fact that yesterday was Mother’s Day I thought this would be a good time to share it here. I am a mother of adult children, all…
Where Are We Eating Exactly?
Most of my writing of late has been on my husband’s Caring Bridge page so I decided that it’s time for a little bit of funny here on my blog. As you may know, I’ve seen a lot of Rochester, Minnesota these past few weeks. If you’ve ever spent a lot of time in this…
‘Siri’ous Issues
A few weeks ago my husband and I went to see Saving Mr. Banks, the story of Disney’s making of the movie, Mary Poppins. I highly recommend it, though not for young children. Of course, every movie going experience comes with previews and generally, as we watch them, we’ll look at each other and say,…
Our Classic Christmas Tale
Every family has favorite Christmas tales; not the ones that you love to read, but the ones that you remember and repeat year after year. The ones that make you laugh – or perhaps cringe – every time you think about them. The following story happened to us a couple of years ago. I wrote…