Tag: grandma
Photo A Day – 2012 Day 11
Today is my Grandma’s birthday. She’s been gone for a long time now, and I miss her. This photo was taken on my wedding day in 1986. It’s me in the wedding dress (did I ever tell you about wedding dress story?), with my Grandma on my left and my Mom on my right. Word [...]
A House With Two And A Half What?
My house is 40 years old. We’ve live here for about 15 years now. The house originally belonged to my grandparents. My grandma had some strange thoughts in her head when they had this house built. As much as I love this house, it is a little odd. Take the bedrooms, for instance. I have [...]
Life Fone For The Holidays
The holidays are upon us. Things seem busier everywhere, at home, out in public and even at work. For those of you that don’t know, I work in the medical field. I can’t tell you how many times emergency services are called to check on people. Relatives of the elderly worry when they haven’t heard [...]
Remembering My Grandparents On Grandparents Day
That’s a picture of my Grandma (on the left, my Mom’s Mom), me (in the middle) and my Mom (on the right) on my wedding day. I was fortunate as a child in that I lived near my grandparents and got to see them often. They cared for me often, just as my parents care [...]
The Alzheimer’s Project on HBO
Last Thursday I was privileged to have the honor to be one of the members of The Silicon Valley Moms Blog group to take part in a private conference call with Maria Shriver. Yep, Maria Shriver. For those of you that don’t know who she is, she’s kind of a big deal. A really big [...]
Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk
I’ve written previously about Alzheimer’s and how it relates to my family. My grandma almost certainly had it before she passed, but back in those days we knew so much less about it. Odds are higher that my youngest son may develop Alzheimer’s because of it’s association with Down Syndrome. I pray every day a [...]
