I have been told that on my first real trick-or-treat Halloween, my mother practiced with me for days. She would put me outside the door, have me knock and when she opened the door I was to say “trick or treat.”
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but, despite four separate trips, he never set foot in North America. The first recorded Columbus Day celebration held in the United States was in New York on Oct. 12, 1792, to honor Italian-American heritage. In 1937, Franklin Delano Roosevelt procla…
Past, present and future
Food has always been a very important part of my life. To this day, I equate meals to special times.
The oncologist looked at Daddy last week and declared him “remarkable.” Of course, now Daddy won’t let us forget that statement because he brings it up at least a million times a day. Being a “daddy’s girl,” I know how remarkable he is, but when you stop and think about it, we all have talen…
Labor Day has come and gone in this year of COVID, and I dare say few of us are any better for the day off. In a recent survey, one-third of Alabamians said they were fearful for their jobs, and most said their workplace would never be the same.
The term “polar opposites” was created in an attempt to explain the dynamics between mothers and daughters. Don’t get me wrong, my mother made every day special. She was an active parent and did everything from PTA to carpool to Brownie troop leader to children’s choir director.
In the twinkling of an eye
In the dog days of August when the heat scorches the Earth, tempers run hot and humor goes out the window. Everyone wants to play the game of one-upmanship, where they try to prove to each other that they do more than anyone else. It’s this way every year, or so it seems. But this year we th…
I remember my first day of teaching kindergarten. My college degree did not prepare me at all for the classroom. I had 32 5-year-olds who had never been away from home and their parents cried like they were leaving them with an ax murderer. What could happen? After all, this was kindergarten.
Celebrating 107 and 103
Over the past seven months I have heard about everything, which leads me to believe that people will believe anything having to do with COVID-19. Some people say that it’s a total hoax and others believe that no precaution is precaution enough. Some are scared to death. They are frightened a…
Let’s be honest, this year has been rough. What started with a bang has shown no signs of losing momentum and slowing to a whimper.
To this day, the moment I see fresh pencils and crayons being placed on store shelves, I get a dazed look on my face and begin filling my buggy, as if my sons were standing there with their school supply lists and I was preparing for yet another year of school. This week, I was shopping for …
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