This weekend we have started putting up Christmas decorations in our new home. It is starting to feel more like wintertime. Usually while preparing our home for the holidays we play Christmas songs to help us get into the spirit of the season. This year it has been especially nice that our son Sean has […]
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who still remember. It means so much to me and other bereaved parents to know that, especially as more and more time passes since the deaths of our children. Last night Bob and I were watching the Chicago evening news when we happened to see an amusing story about a couple that got a flat […]
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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the ninth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! Today is also the twenty-second day of NaBloPoMo, so if you found your way here from the Blogroll (I’m #313 on the list of 2,216) or the open thread, a warm welcome to […]
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THEN — My dad, my sister, me and my mom in front of Spaceship Earth at Epcot (July 1985): NOW — Me, Abby, Bob and Sean in front of Spaceship Earth at Epcot (November 2011): 26 years after I first visited Disney World with my parents and sister I got to return there to experience […]
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Lately Abby has gotten very verbal and, for two year-old, she speaks very well. However, she struggles to pronounce her “Ls” just right. When she uses the letter “L” in a word, if often comes out sounding more like an “LY” sound. So when our little girl says words like: “umbrella” the color “blue” or […]
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Photo Credit: Michael Brosilow Last week Bob and I got to see another wonderful play at the Steppenwolf Theater here in Chicago. Our last visit there was to see a memorable piece called Sex with Strangers which I wrote about here. That play dealt with the power of words (both in print and on the Internet), as well as […]
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