Christmas, 2024

Christmas, 2024

Season’s Greetings! Sitting down to write my holiday letter on Cyber Monday ends up not being such a good idea.  Here I am on Tuesday – having gotten the perfect family group gift at a great price – but still staring at a blank page.  These...
Christmas, 2023

Christmas, 2023

Season’s Greetings! During the past 30 years of writing these holiday letters, there have been many milestones – births (2003: “They were born on May 2, Marena at 7lbs 11oz and Vivian at 7lbs 1oz”); first days of school (2009: “With Jeffrey transitioning to a...
Christmas, 2021

Christmas, 2021

Season’s Greetings!                                                                                                                                                      Yipppeee!!  As promised, our 2021 holiday letter starts off with this exclamation of freedom.  Last...
Christmas, 2020

Christmas, 2020

Season’s Greetings! In 2013, I compared the tempo of our family life to that of a coffee shop versus the frenetic pace of an inner city that characterized the toddler days. “Traffic, sirens and loud explosions have given way to the steady rhythm of coffee shop chatter...