I posted this six years ago on December 4, 2012 on my former blog. Susan is on my mind today and many days. I think of her often when I am with my Little, listening to her. Remembering to really listen. To stay engaged. She was so good at that. Asking questions and listening to …
Tag: family
Patriot’s Day
Today is Patriots' Day. Wondering about it's origin, I did a little google search the other day and found this - Patriot's Day (or Patriots' Day) commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord, which were fought near Boston in 1775. As I read on I was taken back to a very nice memory. When I …
Vignettes
I LOVE YOU. The other night when I came home very late (12:40) after covering the BU men's hockey game, I plopped on the couch to veg out for a bit. It's sort of a wind-down ritual that I have every night. Harlow climbed up next to me, laid across me, and fell asleep. After a …
Christmas Recap
We are two days into 2018 and I am still nursing a case of the post-Christmas blues. I have always suffered from this seasonal affliction. I love Christmas. I love the dark greens and the rich reds, the smell of burning wood, the dressing up, all the amazing special food, the gift-searching and buying. I …
Fostering Thoughts
It's not often I listen to Esther Perel's podcast Where Should We Begin? It's a brave podcast. Well, to be more accurate, the couples who are on the show are brave. Perel is a couples therapist, and each episode the audience listens-in on a session with a couple. They are very intense and emotional and …
Yard Update
If your one of my five loyal readers, you already know that I have been doing some serious landscaping planning this year. I consulted with five different landscapers to get their thoughts on how to address the dirty shaded chunk of yard I've been looking at since I bought the house. After on-site consults, each …
Of Love and Houses
The fact that my neighbors Second Family was selling their house and they would really, truly no longer be in it wasn't actually real to me. I see that now. My mom and dad still live in the same home I grew up in, a beautiful behemoth of a place whose backyard abuts the backyard of the home …
