Category Archives: Family

What’s For Dinner?

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It’s the wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!  I have successfully completed yet another year of getting out of cooking the meal!  I call it the best “scam” I ever pulled!  44 years and counting, I have brought “appetizers and drinks” to any

What would a “Good Mother” Do?

The Ohio State Fair is always a summer must for our family.  This year my daughter had the opportunity to dance in the “showcase pavilion” with the dance ministry we have been involved with for years.  Some of the dances

Children Watching “World News”

It all started because I love watching The World News.  My kids peeped in on it from time to time as I am cooking in the kitchen or folding laundry.  They are drawn to the stories and ask questions about

Goodbye ET

My stepfather was put on Hospice not long before he died.  My sister and I had a plan to get to Wisconsin to see him knowing this is the end of a long suffering, slow season.  This man had been

What a Wonderful Summer It Was!!!

So we are a ten days into our summer… and the annual “Summer Camp” has begun!!!!  We have had a wonderful fulfilling time with productive activities and structure to boot!  (really? I know…I am pretty amazed myself!!)  My kids are

Oh, Summer!

I am…..BACK writing to you after a whirlwind season of events and celebrations!  I am feeling more like a wet overcooked noodle from it all, but I know from experience, I will recover!  I would and could write pages on

Spring Break In Ohio… My favorite part…

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So it’s been a fun filled week of events and activities that are leading up to the “big STAYCATION” at the nearest indoor water park.  We saved that for the end of the long laborious week.  This was my idea

My Sister’s Story

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I JUST finished all the holiday events with multiple visitors of family coming in from out of town!  First it was my dad and step mom, then my husband’s brother and family in for a week, then my mother and