What is Love? A Marriage Story

What is Love? Each of us has a different version because it isn’t the same for everyone. I know it isn’t easy. There are ups and downs like a roller coaster.The highs are high and the lows are low with a lot of curves in between. Sometimes the ride stops and you can take a deep breath while your heart rate comes back to normal.

The Real Neat Blog Award

I have recently been blessed twice by two of my blogging buddies and nominated for the Real Neat Blog Award. Both of my friends are amazing, strong women who write about their struggles.

Grandma-Sitting Adventures

It has been almost two years since I started this blog and the one thing I haven’t written about is being a Grandma! How could that be, when it is one of the highlights and greatest blessing of my life?

The Bench On The Hill

On New Year’s Eve, we rang in 2020 with smiles, laughter, Chinese food, and games. The next day, I attended a memorial for my nephew. Both were celebrations of life – a celebration embracing the good moments and bidding good riddance for the bad and a life cut short, but to be honored.

The Tradition of Nana’s Fruitcake Continues

Last January, about two months after my nephew passed away, my mother, daughter, and I went to see a psychic medium. Yes, she talks to dead people, and I happen to believe in this phenomenon.

Dear You: You’re Not Alone

Do you wake up in the middle of the night because you can’t turn your head off from all the things you haven’t done? You aren’t alone!

My Little Man; Joe Riguzzi

As we are nearing the end of Down Syndrome Awareness Month, I feel compelled to write about my guy. Lord knows, he is my favorite subject. What’s it like to live with my little man?

The Strength of a Woman

About a year ago, a friend of mine gave me a book, I’ve Been Thinking, written by another woman of strength, Maria Shriver. My girlfriend told me it reminded her of my own writing and she thought I would like it. I absolutely loved it, but as I read a few chapters, I got nervous.