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.
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.
November is National Novel Writing Month or as many like to call it: NaNoWriMo. One month to write a 50,000 word novel. Crazy, right?
