by Karen | Sep 6, 2019 | Blog, empty nest, Kids!, Stories
No. Not when it comes to your children. It has been 19 days, 5 hours, and 39 minutes (at the time of this post) since we left Jack in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for his sophomore year at the University of Alabama. You would think this time would have been easier, but it...
by Karen | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog, empty nest, Kids!, Stories
From the time of this posting, in the days, hours, minutes, and seconds listed above, I will have one college graduate and one college sophomore. How did this happen and where are the little versions of them? I believe they are still there. When the phone rings,...
by Karen | Sep 27, 2018 | All, Kids!, Life Lessons, Stories
Dear Amelia and Jack, Your father and I are writing to you to tell you not to worry about us. We know, you were concerned about us being all alone in this empty nest. The day to day hustle and bustle is less, and you feared we would be sad, and our brains would turn...
by Karen | Aug 15, 2018 | Being Italian, Blog, Kids!, Stories
I clearly remember the morning I went into labor with Amelia. I got up, took a shower shaved my legs, and changed my voice mail telling the world that I was going to be a mom. Dad and I were in the garage and just before we got in the car to go to the hospital, I...
by Karen | Aug 1, 2018 | Blog, Kids!, Life Lessons, Stories
As mothers, we view and live life in phases. Hindsight is indeed 20/20 but foresight does not exactly exist. You must be in the moment and live it so here is where I have been and where I am going: Conception- when you and your significant other decide it is time to...