I love Christmas. It is my favorite Holiday. I decorate the porch, the front room, the family room, the bonus room, the bathrooms and kitchen. To be fair, every thing in this world must have an opposite somewhere. I just happened to marry it. My husband hates the feeling of what to him is clutter [...]

My sweetheart, Kyle, decided that for our anniversary last year he would take us on a cruise to the Bahamas close to Valentine’s Day. It was a lovely thought. We also included my sister and her husband because, after all, we have been married for a few years and we needed someone to do things [...]

For Halloween this year my 8-year-old grandson claims he wants to be the Grim Weeper. The Grim Weeper? Does that mean that we weep what we sow? Or as we sow, so shall we weep? And will it be grim? Actually, I think those questions have merit for a meaningful philosophical discussion, but some other time. [...]