T wo years ago, this weekend, September 2008, a group of women from my mom’s group joined together to participate in the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure . We were friends but, had never before the race, discussed our reasons for walking. As we got walking we quickly realized the impact breast cancer had had on our lives. Out of five women, four of our mother’s had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Three had survived and one of my friends lost her mother quite young to breast cancer. Then
Meet the Bald family. OK, they’re not really bald, they just haven’t been wigged yet. Confused? I’ll back up a step or two.. Ok, this is an arrangement of precisely-measured clay parts that, when assembled, will become a family of five. See Dad in the left column, followed by Mom, then Big Brother, Little Sister, and Brand New Baby Sister? Sure you can. Dad’s getting dressed up – first he puts on his tie, and then he puts on his head. Just like you and me. See? I t
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The song “Hey-Ya” by Outkast was so popular in 2004 when I became a Rookie Mom that I decided it should be documented in the baby book. Is that weird? I wrote “Popular song is Hey-ya by Outkast.” I figure Julian will download it someday and laugh. I also think it’s babybook-worthy that going to the movies cost $10 as of his birthdate, but I’m sure when the kids grow up and read that they’ll be all “$10 for a movie! Dude! That’s way [insert slang word meaning inexpensive]” The book I us
If you’ve been reading for awhile you know my family is very important to me. There are a lot of us, so I thought today would be the perfect day to give a family tree run down. First, there is my Grandpa Cosmo and Grandma Theresa. For brevity’s sake we’ll skip right to their daughter, my mom. And my dad. Then there are are my three big sisters. Nicole is the oldest (to my left) and she has two little kids, my first niece, Hannah, and my first nephew, Ja
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This tutorial on how to research your family tree, it is a very basic tutorial dealing with living people. When researching your family tree, YOU are the most important person. Isn’t that a nice change? This is the one time in life that you can be selfish and it’s a good thing. When starting your genealogy research, you begin with yourself and work your way back. Me -gt; Dad -gt;Mom -gt;Grandparents -gt; Great grandparents. It looks simple but every generation you go back doubles t
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