Christmas, 2017

Christmas, 2017

Seasons Greetings! Many of you who have been receiving our holiday cards know that it contains this letter. Some of you save it for when you have more dedicated time (with tea/coffee in hand, on the couch, cozy with a blanket). You wonder what insights I will have...
Christmas, 2016

Christmas, 2016

Season’s Greetings! Last year, I talked about anticipating changes that would be taking place for our family, with Jeffrey leaving for college being the most significant.  It was a looming anxiety and it seemed monumental.  For thirteen years, our family was...
Christmas 2015

Christmas 2015

Season’s Greetings! Last week I saw the Broadway musical If/Then, which explores how the choices we make and the roads not taken can change the path in our lives.  That idea has always intrigued me.  What if I didn’t meet this person, what if I took this job, etc. ...
Christmas 2014

Christmas 2014

Season’s Greetings! Rain is coming down in buckets.  It is a welcome sight and sound that has us in California singing an appropriate and timely Hallelujah.  The dramatic pictures of the drought bring to mind the phrase “You can never have too much…” when it comes to...
Christmas 2013

Christmas 2013

Season’s Greetings! Maturity.  It has been our family theme this year.  Everyone has been maturing in various ways – whether moving closer to adulthood (Jeffrey), experiencing the trials and tribulations of early teenage life like a coming-of-age movie (Eva), waiting...
Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012

Season’s Greetings! This has been a year of refocusing and coming together for our family.  For several years, our days have been about getting each child to their activity; coordinating so that they get there on time, with the appropriate paraphernalia, while we try...