It started with a phone call, “Mom, want to take a road trip?” “Sure, where are we going?” “Chicago, then up to see grandmas.” “Who?” “Me and the kids.” “When?” “August…” Tomorrow I will board a plane that will take me from Cali to Colorado. It will be the first time on a plane since…

My crazy aunt once told me she would frequent Goodwill to purchase satin wedding dresses which she made into pillowcases. I thought everything Aunt Meryle said was true, she was one of the coolest ladies I knew; that and the fact that my bullshit meter was not yet developed. Looking back, I doubt Auntie Meryle…

Today can’t begin without remembering a delivery room filled with bystanders waiting to assist, a doctor with laryngitis and a frantic rush to cut and clamp a cord that had managed to wrap itself around a tiny neck no less than five times. She was the chubby three-year old that couldn’t repeat three words in…

Jeff (Hoppie) and I (Neenee) made a trip to Denver this weekend. As usual the conversation was entertaining… Hoppie had just come in the house to find a bucket to clean off some mud frozen to the deck. After following Austyn’s instructions he walked out the back door, bucket in hand. Hoppie: Now Liam, I’m…

Jeff and I made our way from the waiting area to the delivery room in hopes of one last visit before she would deliver. Finding the door closed we pressed our ears up against it only to hear the voices of several in the room. We were too late, the baby was coming. We were…

My grandson has a new attachment – his baseball cap. He looks adorable in it and doesn’t leave the house without it. During a recent visit I heard him yelling from the downstairs, “I can’t find it!” “It’s by the dryer,” his mother called back. “Whats he looking for?” I asked. “His hat,” mom replied.…