There is nothing I love more than stretching my birthday celebration out over several days. As soon as my daughter is done celebrating her birthday (also this month) I kick off at least a two week celebration of all the things I love: friends, live music and food. I didn’t always love celebrating my birthday. …
There is nothing like a song to bring you back to a specific moment or memory. I love the power of music to transport us. I feel it in the very moment and at a live concert I feel the energy of it all and can get completely lost in the music. I also love …
I’ve been thinking about where I grew up a lot lately. Maybe it’s the focus on the Where I’m From Poem, or that the last few books I’ve read have mentioned Nova Scotia. I’m sure they mention all sorts of places. But Nova Scotia is where I grew up and it stands out and the …
Recently I was tasked with writing a Where I’m From poem to read at a meeting of the minds. I stuck almost exactly to the template I found online. Everyone else created poems with just the idea of where I’m from. All the poems were inspiring, beautiful and perfect. I say this because whether you …
“I’ll be home for Christmas” was a song that would always make me feel a little sad. Not because I wasn’t having a wonderful time every year, but because I couldn’t imagine the possibility of ever getting home for Christmas. A million reasons that for a million other reasons I could find a way until …
I have many memories of a winter wonderland from my childhood. Now I live in the south and I hardly ever see the snow. A few weeks ago it fell all day. Beautiful and crisp. There is nothing quite like the quiet that comes after a snow fall. The peace of it all broken by …
My daughter loves Irish Dance and all it’s traditions. She has been dancing with an Irish dance school here in Atlanta for the last few years and is currently preparing to dance at the Southern Oireachtas. A regional competition for the southern region which also includes the country of Mexico. Irish dancing is different than …
A family that vacation’s together… Today I’m driving back to Atlanta from a wonderful few days in Siesta Key, Florida. We were so grateful to be able to come after such a crazy year of weather. We have a family vacation every year. Sometimes it’s a cruise or a visit to some place exotic but …
Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! Wishing my Mom and Dad a very Happy Anniversary. 47 years ago my folks were married in a small church down the road from where I grew up. Had their reception in the living room of my mom’s childhood home surrounded by friends and family. They met when they were …
Excavating the family stuff is not a job for the faint of heart. I truly struggle with it. Not because I’m particularly sentimental about stuff – I’m not. I sold a cassette tape holder my grandmother gave me just before she died. I still remember the guy who bought it. He told he was going …