So, one of the blogs I missed publishing during this last year was the homecoming we had for our sophomore (now a Junior). It was an incredible affair. We actually had a bunch of parents…;
On Family
What’s In It For Them (Wifm)?
We had quite a bit of drama in the household a few evenings ago. Isabella, newly installed into the 2nd grade, expected some family and neighborhood lay-downs when she started pitching magazine subscriptions for the…;
A Recollection of my Nonna by Jordan Pino
A Few Introductory Comments Jordan, just out of the 9th grade, is in a summer composition program at Lake Highland. He was asked, as his opening assignment, to write an essay on a topic which…;
Isabella Redux
She rounded the bushes at 141 Trismen from the Iofreddo house, as if she had dropped in from a different dimension in time. She looked at me, at 6 years old, and started talking. She…;
Life Goes On
My goodness, the generational gap between my childhood and theirs! When my parents sent me to bed, they were pretty much assured I was going to bed. There was a possibility of a telephone, but…;
A Special Birthday
For my birthday, my sweethearts gave me a card telling me what we were going to do over the long Labor Day weekend, all three days (four days, including Friday evening family night) for my…;
Modeling
You know, as I take these trips and interact with my three Sweetie Pies, I recognize the enormous level of responsibility I have to fashion their lives and their futures. Jordan and Jared watch me…;
Celebration of Life
We had mom’s 80th birthday party last night. It was a wonderful affair. Since we’ve lived in the Orlando area for some 30 years, it gave us all the opportunity to bring together mom’s friends,…;
Sound advice
I remember my father-in-law, when I first had Jordan, our first child, giving me some pointers. He had spent some time with me and Janet and saw that I was totally unprepared to have a…;
First Time
Let’s pretend this is the first time. Jared kept wanting to know from Jordan, who had already seen the movie, what was going to happen. The credits were still coming up as it was preparing…;