Category: Family

on my mom’s porch

I held back from calling this entry “Red Buttons” I was sitting at my mom’s house waiting for her to get back from Europe with my brother. It’s a journey they’d been planning more years than I can imagine, and advance word from a layover phone call suggests it was splendid. Spain and France. 9…

…at my sister’s I spent Easter having a fine dinner at my sister’s place with her kids, my nephew’s fiancé and some family friends. My sis made like 80 dinner rolls, which was just enough. Coupled with ham of several varieties, macaroni and cheese, baked beans, and other vittles. I didn’t get any exceptionally good…

Some good things, semi-related: My mom’s newly remodeled kitchen is operational, and it is awesome. This means potential cake. Two different couples from dinner club got engaged this past week. Solid bet for future cake. A few birthdays recently celebrated. For a particular 3 year old, this meant a cake with a bunch of plastic…

My mom, the hand model Yesterday I put tacos in my pockets and snuck them into the theater. The one o’clock show overlapped with lunch. “I can’t believe you did that” my mom whispered as the previews began. Transamerica was entirely enjoyable. I think Kim summed it up well with her thoughts. Afterward we stopped…

Decorated My mom and brother did up their place real nice for the holiday. I mean real nice. They’d be a great addition to the window dressing team at Bergdorf Goodman. S’more photos of the decor My favorite roast beef sandwiches and mincemeat cookies around the fire while exchanging gifts. Mom surprised me with a…

My Great Nephew Went over to my sister’s place and snuck a sampling of cookies throughout the afternoon. Got to see my great nephew walk up a storm and grin just as much. Big bright eyes on the fella. He’s no idea what all the hoopla about the holiday is yet. Just as good. He…

Outside the funeral home centre We had an informal gathering this past Saturday at Spring Grove cemetery. Oddly enough, the same place I visited with my Grandmother in 2004. My mother and aunt had decorated the nicely appointed room with Christmas decorations and small notes giving insight to her life. A bowl of buckeyes with…

It’s snowing here in Cincinnati tonight. Real nice big flakes. The fridge is stocked and I’m not checking work email for the evening. So I’m sifting through things and photos and I wanted to put down a few thoughts that have surfaced lately. Visiting my Grandmother in the home over Thanksgiving, I stared at a…

I spent part of this evening watching as mom, aunt and brother sifted through boxes upon boxes of my grandmother’s photos. Her vitals had fallen yesterday, and the lady from hospice said it wouldn’t be much longer. There wouldn’t be time to bring her home. Family was called and we came to this foreign place…