Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! I wish you all the best in the year of the Ox, with health and prosperity in abundance, for food on the table and clothes to wear, and a comfortable abode with family. I wish you the greatest of friendships, old or new, and the unsurpassed joy of peace and...
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Monday, January 8, 2007 at 6:34am Posted in Celebrations, Children, Family, Friends, Letters to E, Love, Memoirs, Parenting, Thoughts, Writing
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” ~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce
My dearest E.,Celebrating a new year is a significant event for most people. On New Year’s Eve, the very last day...
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Monday, January 8, 2007 at 6:30am Posted in Celebrations, Children, Family, Holidays, Letters to E, Love, Memoirs, Parenting, Thoughts, Writing
“The best Christmas of all is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up with one another” ~ Unknown author
My dearest E.,
I know it seems strange to be writing about Christmas in January – but I didn’t have the time to write about Christmas during Christmas. I had so many things in my head...
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Monday, December 11, 2006 at 3:27am Posted in Celebrations, Children, Family, Letters to E, Love, Memoirs, Motherhood, Parenting, Thoughts, Writing
Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had, and what you’ve learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated ~ Unknown
My dearest E.,
We celebrated your father’s 32nd birthday over the weekend (December 9). For a treat, you were allowed to stay up an additional half hour,...
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