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You are never too old for a Birthday Party!

It felt so good to sleep in and start the day with a big breakfast, which was a great thing since spent the rest of the day learning about mummies, animals and other cultures at the Field Museum then as a special treat we took a bus to meet up with Aunt Corrine at the…

I just finished reading a piece about increasing your blog traffic. One of the top nuggets of advice was to make sure your title caught people’s attention. Well, if you are reading this, I guess it worked! There have been several serious bumps in the road. I have been busy marketing my books, creating new…

The other day Scott went for a run and told me that his feet kind of hurt, which is one of many reasons I try to abstain from that form of body jarring exercise. “I think my shoes are too small,” he said. I looked at his feet. I think the shoes look fine.. but…
For the past several years “the Cousins” have drawn names for Christmas gift giving. There was a price limit and it needed to be hand made. However, family dynamics changed and everyone became too busy during the Holidays to put in the effort. It was suggested we skip the gift giving thing this year and…

When Janet Mahlberg ran into Lori Lawson a few years ago, it was more than just a surprise. It was a life changing experience. “It had been over 22 years since I had seen her,” said Mahlberg, adding the last time she had seen her classmate, Lawson was pushing a 6-month-old baby in a stroller….

The first rays of sunlight barely touched the treetops at the end of our driveway. I poured myself a second cup of coffee and paced near the big window facing the road. I was the one who scheduled the movers to come, I just hadn’t expected to be their first stop of the day. They arrived…