Month: January 2016

When we were younger my mom had a plant that was her pride and joy.  I don’t know who bequeathed it to her but it started out as a log a couple of inches long.  It seemed like forever before a little sprout emerged and when it did Mom made us all look at it.  She … Read more

I was #4 in a family of six kids – the first girl after three boys born thirteen months apart. A sister would follow me thirteen months later and then another nine years after that. Our house was small.  A slab home on the outskirts of Chicago, it had a bath and a half and three … Read more