The Solar Eclipse

The Solar Eclipse

America has eclipse fever! Today is the day! You can’t buy a pair of viewing glasses anywhere. Everybody is talking about the eclipse. One guy said to me, “They should have declared a national holiday today because nobody is going to be working.” It’s great that this...
Camp Letters

Camp Letters

My son and his sister are away at camp. My daughter writes regularly and has beautiful handwriting. My son, on the other hand (pardon the pun), borders on the hieroglyphics end of the hand writing spectrum. He told me the day before he left for camp, I assume to...
Dealing with Disappointment

Dealing with Disappointment

Last weekend, my family and I had the privilege of spending time at the beach. My brother has a condo out at the end of Long Island and we love it there. It was his Christmas present to us. The problem was that the weather did not cooperate. This was a real bummer but...
My Son and His Phone

My Son and His Phone

My youngest son is a great kid. He is kind, compassionate, very bright and very talented in many ways. He definitely fights too much with his older sister but this is the way of the species. Siblings fight. I’ve gone through this before with the older ones. But the...