I solemnly took her coat, a beautiful leather coat. A memento of sorts, the coat was something tangible to remember her by. I claimed it as my own, a coat […]
Category: Family
Christmas Growing Up: Indiana, 1960s
When I was growing up in Indiana in the 1960s, Christmas meant time off school, time to play in the snow and make a snowman. I always received Perfect Attendance […]
Quintet of Daughters
I am one of five daughters. My mother was one of five daughters. My mother’s mother was one of five daughters. FIVE DAUGHTERS FIVE I come from a lineage of […]
My Aunt Lily (Revised re-post)
July 30, 2016: I am re-posting this and have added a few more photos. I wrote this a few years ago in honor of my Aunt Lily. Today, sadly, she […]
I Dream of Jeanie
I Dream of Jeanie One day after school, not long after immigrating to America, my sister declared to my parents that her new name would be Jeanie. She liked the […]