Pushing on a Rope
Terri S. Vanech
No, really. Who is this?
Catherine went grocery shopping with me this afternoon. I know it sounds inconsequential. However, I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times since she was small enough to have a tantrum over a pink ball I wouldn’t buy that she’s accompanied me to the market of her own volition. And by … Continue reading
Full Circle
What a day it was yesterday! I’m still pinching myself after meeting a bunch of cousins, cousins-in-law and an aunt and uncle at the BBQ my brother, Chris, and his wife, Jill, hosted to introduce me to everyone. It was an amazing day — picture-perfect weather and lots of fun. My mind is racing as … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Happy Summer!
My husband and daughter are criminals. In honor of the summer solstice, I give you this evidence, which surely belongs in a police locker: The two of them, illegally soaking their feet in a public fountain in Boston. It was 2009, and we’d traveled by ferry there from Provincetown during one of our annual Cape … Continue reading
Getting to know me
Yesterday, some folks from Goose Creek, NC, piled into their car for the first leg of their trip to New York. A couple from Kennesaw, GA, made copies of old family photos and started their trip north today. Several others from various points of the map are also putting other of life’s obligations on hold … Continue reading
A girl, and her dad
I spend a lot of time razzing Basil, but the truth is, Catherine couldn’t have gotten much luckier in the father department. Oh, it’s true she’s had him wrapped around her little finger from the get-go, but he is a more-than-willing accomplice. He doted on her from the time she was small. Well, after I … Continue reading
The Graduate
Congratulations to my godson, Dominic, who today graduates from high school and takes that step over the threshold and into the rest of his life. It’s just yesterday that he was in diapers (and so chunky that we joked he looked like Buddha). As you would expect, he is today all grown up. I just … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Here’s lookin’ at you, Mom
Don’t you love this photo? It’s my mom, Ginger Salvatore. I’m not sure what year this was taken or why she’s posing, but I see a certain movie-star quality to this shot that she will surely deny. (And I can see why her wedding gown had an 18-inch waistline.) This photo was taken at her … Continue reading
Livin’ the dream
Color me suspicious. I just came home from a long day of pushing computer keys, on my way to band practice, pretty much expecting that Catherine would have long forgotten my morning plea to start the load of towels and run them through the drier. You can imagine my shock, then, to find the towels … Continue reading
Pushing on a Rope 