Category Archives: holiday

Christmas traditions, and who will make the eggnog cookies

Sitting here nibbling eggnog butter cookies and sipping lactose-free eggnog, I’m thinking about Christmas traditions. I talk a lot about family traditions, but this year I’m wondering about my own family traditions. The girls are so big now, the oldest … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving is for family relationships and stories

Women’s Memoirs, a lifewriting blog I follow, had aninteresting post recently that’s worth sharing. Matilda had read The New Science of Love:  How Understanding the Brain’s Wiring Can Help Kindle Your Relationship, by Dr. Fran Cohen Praver. Since Thanksgiving is … Continue reading

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Father’s Day: Older dads vs new dads

Father’s Day is coming up and most of us are lucky to have good thoughts and memories of our dads. An article on the Yahoo home page, “What I Learned From My Dad,” caught my eye. The recent generation of fathers … Continue reading

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