Category Archives: Holiday parties

We are family!


We ARE Family! Aren’t we? Times change, manners change – however the need to pass important items down to the next generation never changes. Celebrations typically have one thing in common; they gather people who are related in some way … Continue reading

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New beginnings


This Christmas will be the first Christmas without my mother; she passed away in February 2016. The holidays are rough without her and we are trying new traditions this year. Although the three of us kids are still grieving  – … Continue reading

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Santa Claus is coming to town – or Memories from my Dad’s Rotary Christmas Party


As a child between the years of 1960 to 1971, once a year my Dad would take us kids to his inclusive Rotary Club Annual Holiday Luncheon.  We would celebrate and eat lunch with the all the members of the … Continue reading

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