A few weeks I was at my grand son's preschool for Grandparent's Day. We did lots of fun things including an activity designed to help develop small mother skills. "Grandma, Grandma, I'm winning!" I explained that it was just an activity, no one was winning or losing. He saw it differently. "Grandma," he stated with as serious a face as I've [...]
I grew up in family of givers. As poor as we were, and we were so poor that we lived in what would be described as a ghetto area in a two bedroom house with eight children, we always had food to share. We had quite a few sketchy characters in and around our neighborhood, but everyone knew if you needed a meal you [...]
Yesterday was Cyber Monday. I don't usually buy anything because of Cyber Monday or Black Friday. If I buy at all I try and support small businesses. My house is all about vintage and resale and I can tell you it's been way too long since I bought new clothes. I hate clothes shopping. But this year was different. Yesterday I made up for [...]
