When Tom and I bought our house in 2020, we didn’t think much about it having a crawl space. Our home in Mogadore had a partial basement with an attached crawl space. The house inspection didn’t show anything wrong with it. Tom and I noticed a slight musty odor when we first went into the …
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Dance Recital Star Is Born!
On a beautiful, sunny day in May, Tom and I attended our first dance recital. No one in my family had ever taken dance lessons or been in a dance recital. But little Emma Winstead, Steve and Amy’s daughter, has been taking dance lessons this year. She is in the “Toddler Hip Hop” class at …
Delaware County Historical Markers
As I mentioned last week, Tom and I made a scavenger hunt of finding all the Delaware County historical markers. We found all but one of the 22 markers in five hours on a blustery Saturday. It took us five hours with driving and reading time. This doesn’t include the hour that we took in …
Advice From My Father
All of us get advice from our parents. Sometimes we pay attention, sometimes we don’t. Most of us go through phases. We start out thinking our parents are infallible. Then, as teenagers and young adults we think our parents don’t know anything. Eventually our parents become very wise with great advice. Funny how they evolve …
Update on My Dad
Several of you have asked for an update on my dad and I appreciate your continued thoughts and prayers. I’m happy to say that Dad is doing really well. Of course, everything is relative and I’m not sure my dad would agree. There are certainly good days and bad days. To catch you up (in …
Praying for My Enemies
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44 The current political situation is very hard for me, as I am sure it is for many of you. I disagree with many (pretty much all) of the policies of the party currently in power. I am distressed by …
Good List – One Good Thing a Day
The New York Times recently started a new newsletter called The Good List. It is a newsletter that has good news from the week. On the first day of sign-up, so many people signed up that the NYT couldn’t handle all the requests. Which is wonderful! Imagine so many people interesting in reading good news! …
Devon Care for Mom and Dad
When people need help in their homes, they often hire an agency to provide aides. Agencies such as A Place for Mom, Village Caregiving, or CenterWell. These places, I’m sure, have wonderful health care providers and do a great job of making sure an aide is there when needed. But we had an even better …
Plans? What Plans?
“Man plans and God laughs” is a well-known Yiddish expression. I am a planner – I like to have everything laid out so I can be prepared. For me, planning is half the fun of any trip or event. This year I have certainly learned the truth of the Yiddish phrase about plans. We are …
Courage, Sacrifice, and Perseverance
I love watching the Olympics. Because Tom and I are at home right now, I have them on the television most of the day. As I have been watching, I have really been struck by the courage, sacrifice, and perseverance of the Olympic athletes. I think NBC is doing a great job with coverage, especially …