Tuesdays With Nana: Four Out of Four Ain’t Bad
I’ve never had to utilize the services of an orthodontist for any of my four children (each of whom has an almost perfect teeth I might add). Genes and luck I’m sure had something to do with it. All four weighed the same when they were born…down to ounce (and that includes Emma who is [...]
Tuesdays With Nana: It’s Never Really Just About the Turkey
It’s all about the dumplings. My Thanksgiving this year was spent on Cape Cod with my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughters Abigail, 3 and Paige, 2. Weeks before I had been privy to the menu which consisted of enticing gourmet creations tied traditionally to the season. With 35 people included in the festivities, there were two [...]
Tuesdays With Nana: Hello Mr. Turkey
“HELLO MR. TURKEY HOW ARE YOU?….. (to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands”) ….Hello Mr. Turkey how are you? With a Gobble, Gobble, Gobble And a Wobble, Wobble, Wobble Hello Mr. Turkey how are you? Gobble, Gobble.” This past Friday I attended the Thanksgiving holiday performance at the [...]
Tuesdays With Nana: Revealing Nana
If the average person were to be asked to describe a grandmother, I suppose they would conjure up a picture of a wrinkly-skinned, short, fat woman with white or gray hair and frumpy looking attire. Looking at picture books, that is the image that is most often depicted. Fast-forward to 2011. I look at my [...]
Tuesdays With Nana: Curiouser and Curiouser
Today at school I was reading the book “Curious George” to the kids. It’s that classic children’s story about the adventures of the mischievous little monkey and the man with the big yellow hat. Children love to hear the tales of George’s crazy monkey antics. I’m now into my 8th year of teaching preschoolers here [...]
Tuesdays With Nana: A Full Life Is A Balancing Act
Today when I arrived home from school, there it was. Sitting on my front porch was the box I had been waiting to arrive. Excitedly, I parked my car in the garage, opened my front door, and brought the carton inside. I couldn’t wait to open it and explore its contents. I’m sure you’re wondering [...]
Tuesdays With Nana: Why Does Life Have To Be So Damned Concentrated?
Sometimes things happen with such intensity, we miss the main event while it’s happening. That’s how it felt when I was raising my children and the way I think many young parents feel on a day-to-day basis. Waking up each morning to a day filled with activities, responsibilities, time obligations and constraints. We get so [...]
Tuesdays With Nana: Nana’s Been Sleeping Around
The other morning I awoke in strange surroundings. For the first few seconds I had a hard time remembering whose bed I was in and just what had happened the previous evening to land me there. In my younger years, I might have considered this a bad sign. However, now older and wiser and more [...]
Tuesdays With Nana: Nana Becomes Candidate for Demolition Derby
If there’s one spectator sport I would choose to opt out of, I believe it would be attending a demolition derby. Why then is it that lately I’ve been training to enter such an event? The desire to enroll began this past summer. It wasn’t my own car I was driving when the first urge [...]
Tuesdays With Nana: Success and Satisfaction
I remember an assignment I was given in my 9th grade economics class. It was simply to write a paper entitled “Success and Satisfaction.” There were no further parameters as far as subject, length, or content. Many in the class were perplexed as to what the teacher was looking for and how to approach the [...]
