I am sort of a numbers nut. Not OCD, but I love the simplicity and significance of 
numbers; I love, okay, am slightly obsessed, with numerology. As far as a favorite, I’ve always fancied #5. Besides the fact that my whole birth-date is divisible by 5, I can remember clear as day feeling brilliant when I memorized the 5 x’s multiplication table… So, when I stumbled on to this site, “5 Things to Do Today” where every post centers around 5, I thought, yes, YES, this is a site to guest blog on! After a few false starts I found my topic: Kids. Grown ones.
Kids. Grown Ones.
14 Mar 2013 25 Comments
in Family Tags: 5 Things To Do Today, adult kids, grown kids, parenting
Coming Home to the Madonna
25 Nov 2012 25 Comments
in Family Tags: Federico Vegas Chumaceiro, Madonna, marnika weiss, MICA
Wedding Gift Madonna: 62 years ago
Like 42.5 million other Americans I traveled more than 50 miles “home” for Thanksgiving, and like so many, our gathering was in a different house than the one I grew up in. My mother sold the big family home and now lives comfortably in a sunny condo. Luckily, many of the artifacts from my childhood settled in as well as she has, including her collection of Madonnas.
Yes, It Takes A Village!
15 Nov 2012 25 Comments
in Family Tags: "It Takes A Villiage", Hurricane Sandy, nurture
Recently we were visited by a very sweet little one and her adoring parents. Between the four of us we rocked 
and walked, fed and dressed the delightful six-week old and did little else over the long weekend. The old African proverb made popular by Hillary Clinton, “It Takes a Village” certainly comes to mind when in the presence of a new being whose immediate needs are vital to her survival… Her demands are simple: Food. Warmth. Love.
