by Karen | Feb 28, 2020 | All, Being Italian, Blog, Health & Fitness, Kids!, Life Lessons, Stories
Mom medical school 101. I always wondered how my mother knew so much about so many things. She could answer just about any question and cure all ills with a grilled cheese, pastina, and ginger ale. When I was pregnant, I wondered if I too would be blessed with the...
by Karen | Feb 17, 2019 | All, Being Italian, Blog, Kids!, Stories
Over the weekend, Chip and I went to RIT for a hockey game. Amelia’s boyfriend Skates was playing, and it is always a good time. He is a phenomenal athlete and a joy to watch. This particular game was extremely rough for our Tigers, too many fights, unsportsmanlike...
by Karen | Feb 28, 2018 | All, Stories
In early September, 2017, I wrote a post called, “I held my mother’s hand today”. I talked about my mother and my experience as we began dealing with the aging process. Things had begun to slow down and at almost 80 years old, it can be expected. Now we have turned...
by Karen | May 17, 2016 | Being Italian, Blog, Kids!
This weekend we will move Amelia out of her dorm after completing her freshman year. I see all these Facebook posts from friends and family that are doing the same. We share a sense of accomplishment as parents quite different from that same sense our children...
by Karen | Feb 4, 2016 | Being Italian, Blog, Kids!
Ok being an Italian mother to a daughter is totally different than mothering an Italian son. Let me explain. Amelia is my daughter. The oldest of the two. She is smart and beautiful and extremely self sufficient. Sometimes too much so but I blame myself for that...