Collecting My Thoughts

Happy Birthday to my dad--he would be 112 today, died in 2002. I don't have a lot of mushy, gushy remembrances like some of my FBF or b...

The Antiques Roadshow appraisal at our house today is my Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary of the English Language 2nd edition Un...

In the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom wrote, "Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them...

What life lessons did your parents teach you? We had a question like that in a group exercise at the women's club this week. I wrote a b...

 

Smartest Dollar this week features cities with the most single parent families--also the poorest in society (as a group--not all single pare...

Lawnmower parents go to whatever lengths necessary to prevent their child from having to face adversity, struggle, or failure. Instead of ...

I love seeing the daddies and grandpas pushing the baby strollers in the dawn's early light at Lakeside. Someone drew the short straw wh...

A mother replies to an article in the Washington Post about single moms. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/18/the-unbe...

“I remember when I worked at Planned Parenthood in 2005, we were fighting SO hard to stop the parental consent legislation. We knew it would...

they probably have a dad in the home with mom and the two parents had high expectations. Sixty percent of black male achievers grew up in h...

1980 has not been one of my healthier years. I went to the doctor today and had chest x-rays and blood tests. My chest is clear, viral bro...

A Father's love This is one of the most beautiful videos I've seen. A picture of how God carries us in love. "Dick and Rick Hoy...

Luther on marriage and the parents On February 29 I wrote about what Luther said about who was allowed to marry and what were marriage im...

Monday Memories Have I ever told you why my mother was a Democrat (according to my father)? My parents were married over 65 years. My mo...

3032 What it costs to smoke How do I count the ways? My heart and hopes are with my 38 year old son who has been smoking half his life. Wh...

2673 Friday Family Photo Thirty years ago we flew to California to visit my in-laws. Because my husband's parents divorced when he wa...

1051 Cold and Creepy--Planning my Funeral When we married in 1960 we had a huge emotional and financial safety net--between us we had six ...

477 The Reunion Books in my house have conversations with each other and me. They complain that they aren’t happy here at the condo because ...

Reasons to Celebrate a 50th Wedding Anniversary While looking for something else, today I came across my file of letters, 1980-1990. I wrot...