Tag Archives: growing up

Son and Daughter: The Early Years

In spite of the tremendous verbal talents of each of my children, they were both late talkers.  Daughter barely spoke at all until she hit two years of age, and then said a complete sentence out of the blue.  After I tucked … Continue reading

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Hitting the Speed Limit

I just turned 55.  My 27-year-old daughter knows the drill.  Whenever we run into women she knew growing up who are my age and have decided not to dye their hair, wear makeup, or buy clothes from this decade, I … Continue reading

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Three-and-a-half in dog years

“Oh my God, you still have this picture framed?” Daughter was helping me turn her old bedroom into an office now that she’s been out of it since college and she came across a photo of herself that used to … Continue reading

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Confidence is High

The other evening Son came to visit and we were sitting in the room in our house we’ve always called the blue room.  It doesn’t have its own assigned identity like family room or den because the whole first floor … Continue reading

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Odds, Ends and Friends

Twenty years ago our family packed up and moved from the city to the suburbs thereby essentially rewriting a future history that never happened.  The next two decades up to the present played out with the joys, despairs and memories … Continue reading

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We’ll Leave the Light on for You

I heard a key turn in the front door lock at 3:30 this morning and I knew it was my son.  He likes to make the 5-hour drive home from college in the middle of the night to avoid interstate … Continue reading

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