On Tuesday, Beverly Cleary, the celebrated children’s author of books like Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, turned 100 years old. More
Preschooler
Making the Move in Old Age
Today my husband came home as usual from work but gave me some unexpected news. My 86 year old mother-in-law, who has been living in her home in a suburb of Philadelphia for sixty years, has decided to move to South Carolina. More
The “Hard” Parts About Life
About once a week Polina experiences a difficult bowel movement.
“It’s too hard,” she says matter of factly and under some duress. Then she puts her hand on top of my head and presses down. I lower my head so we are forehead to forehead, and we go through this together, as much as two people can go through this together. More
Celebrating a Milestone in the Dark
Yesterday was Peter’s 50th birthday, and what proper way than to celebrate it with a windstorm?
Trick or Treating Old School Style
So Halloween has come and gone, but on this blog, it’s better to write about it later than never. For the third year in a row, Polina and I went trick or treating in a nursing home. It was a different nursing home than the previous two years, but I am grateful for the opportunity. Start time was 2:30 in the afternoon. I wasn’t sure P would make it as that is her nap time. But I really wanted to go.