Eli was eating pickled herring while sitting in his high chair. At 2.5 years of age he has such snobby tastes. He also has an affinity for turning on the stove dials. So, while noshing on his herring I was cooking onions and spinach in a pan for dinner. Eli wanted to reach over to [...]

Eli likes to call people on the cell phone. He is always asking to call his cousins.  He was at Grandma’s yesterday and asked Grandma to call me while I was getting some work done.  She put him on the phone, and Eli says to me “Mommy I want to go home. I want to [...]

My 23 year-old son Dan stood in the doorway, ready to say goodbye to his home. His rucksack was packed and ready for the journey. In a couple of hours he was going to fly out to France. He was going to be away for at least a year to learn a foreign language and [...]

I just stumbled over your website and I can’t thank you enough for sharing. I am 40-something married man who lost both his parents similar to you. My sweet Mama passed away in January of 2004 after a hard fought battle with lung cancer, and very tragically, my Dad was killed in May of 2005 [...]

There’s a heap of satisfaction to sit here thinking of you Dad And to tell you once again Dad, how very much I love you. There is comfort just in longing for a smile from your face And joy in just remembering your very special place. There is happiness in knowing that my heart will [...]

After Mom died, Dad and I took a trip together every summer. Just the two of us, father and daughter. This was especially meaningful because Dad was aging and we lived 2000 miles apart so a week with Dad, undistracted from other family members or from work was a treat. Our first destination was a [...]

My child, I carried you in my heart before you were even born And dared to dream that you were real. My child, I carried your ultrasoound picture with me since the day I received it, And dared to love a child I was yet to meet. My child, I carried you in my arms [...]

Mother is a word called love, and all the world is mindful of That the love that’s given and shown to others is different from the love of mothers. For mothers play the leading roles in giving birth to little souls, For though small souls are heaven-sent and we realize they’re only lent, It takes [...]