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Category: sharing memories

  • Togetherness: When our grown kids are there for us

    Some anniversaries are joyful. Others are simply meaningful. And others are meaningful with a touch of sad.The weekend of No Kings marked the second anniversary of Mike’s (my husband’s) passing. If Mike hadn’t been born a political protester, he was one by the time I met him as a young man. He kept that drive…

  • Memory Lane: Reliving the past with an adult son in tow

    He learned to ride his tyke bike here and to zip down the slide at the playground. Our son spent his first five years in this townhouse in River Park in the Southwest quadrant of Washington D.C. When he was five, our family moved to a suburb on the other side of the city. None…