Posted in daughters, grandchildren, kids, life on May 15, 2008 | 16 Comments »
I have a big secret.
One that makes me a super/great/cool grandma, but a horrible/scoundrel mother.
This morning I picked up my grandson from pre-school. (No, this is not the horrible thing.)
I guess I should give a bit of background information. Audrey asked if I could possibly pick up William from pre-school.
I said, [...]
Posted in Dancing, daughters, grandchildren, husbands on March 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This morning, Audrey and her little family came to Grandma and Pop-up’s (that’s what they call Grandpa) for breakfast.
And there are many “rules” to breakfast with three little guys, a pregnant mama and one hungry daddy.
First, the bacon must be already sizzling when they arrive. Audrey loves the sounds and aromas of bacon. It [...]
Posted in daughters, life, memories on February 6, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Doug, I just want to touch it.
Just once.
I mean, I’ll never have one of my own…
And you should let me touch it. Because we’re friends.
Because we have a history together.
You are my daughter Audrey’s husband’s childhood neighbor. Best friend. Best Man.
Your mother is practically [...]
Posted in Christmas, dad, daughters, holiday, husbands, life, memories, mom, pictures on November 29, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Christmas memories are oftentimes so clear. So powerful. So immense.
These memories quicken our senses.
And if it is true that to be able to enjoy one’s memories is to live twice, then my Christmas Angel has allowed me to live over and over again… and again.
Each Christmas, when I unwrap my Angel, swirls of [...]
Posted in babies, brothers, dad, daughters, fear, husbands, kids, life, mom, sisters on October 18, 2007 | 22 Comments »
Being the baby of the family certainly has its perks.
As the youngest of my four siblings, my family just kind of accepts (or has become resigned to) the fact that I’m forgetful, always running late and a serious procrastinator. And they pick up the slack for me because, well… I’m the baby.
With that being [...]
Posted in Throwback Thursday, dad, daughters, holiday, kids, life, memories, mom, sisters on October 10, 2007 | 19 Comments »
Since Halloween is just a few weeks away, we thought we’d throw it back to October 1983. Audrey and Jane were so excited to be dressed up as cheerleaders (you guessed it… “A” for Audrey and “J” for Jane!). I (Sharon) took this picture of them posing with my husband/their father, Barry, who was dressed [...]
Posted in dad, daughters, dogs, life, mom on October 9, 2007 | 27 Comments »
Please do not flush anything but toilet paper down the toilet.
I see this sign and signs like it everywhere. I should probably hang them up in my bathrooms at home.
You know when you reach for the toilet paper and there’s none there?
But instead of running upstairs, where you store the toilet paper, you [...]
Posted in daughters, kids, language, lessons, life, memories, sisters on September 20, 2007 | 19 Comments »
(You can find Lessons #1 through 7 in the 10 QUICK RULES FOR RAISING DAUGHTERS WHO WANT YOU IN THEIR LIVES AS KIDS, TEENAGERS and ADULTS series here.)
LESSON #8: HUMOR IS EVERYTHING
“Jane, you ignorant slut.”
Something I say often and emphatically to my daughter, Jane. And I’ve been saying it for years.
Why?
Because it’s funny.
Posted in Throwback Thursday, daughters, kids, life, memories, mom on September 20, 2007 | 25 Comments »
Kissy, kissy! I (Jane) found these two cute pictures of Mom and I showin’ the love.
This first one is from the summer of 1983, on the back deck of my childhood home. I am loving that little jumper I have on. I wonder if I can get one in my size now.
This [...]
Posted in brothers, daughters, dogs, grandchildren, kids, life, memories, pets, pictures, sisters on September 15, 2007 | 25 Comments »
As many of you know, Jane, her husband Steve, and their beautiful 5-year-old “baby-girl” Black Lab Ryder suffered a heartbreaking loss this past summer when their beautiful 6-year-old “big-boy” Rhodesian Ridgeback mix Bismarck passed away.
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