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San Diego

Beach…check.  Mountains… check.  Wine country… check.  San Diego is my kind of destination.  About this time last week, I was sitting on the beach looking out over the Pacific Ocean.  Josh and I flew to San Diego Tuesday to visit Katie and see my parents and Liz who also made the trip.  Emily couldn’t make [...]

Being with My Mom...

There is a special comfort about being with my mom.  We can be doing nothing at all and her company is all I need… This past week my mom flew in to see our new house and help us settle in.  We did a little bit of settling, some decorating, a couple hours [...]

Mom You Packed Me a Coke!

Today Emily enters the real world- her first day of work as an adult.  She graduated May 15 and just returned from a visit to London (more about that later).  I must share this short little story…

Being the oh so very wonderful mom my mother is, she packed Em a nice lunch for her first [...]

Mom's Sweet and Sour Pork

On my birthday when I was growing up, my mom always asked what I wanted her to make for dinner.  Since I can remember, I choose her sweet and sour pork.  The tradition continued for years and soon she was making it for me when I came home from college and even sending it back [...]

Spoons of Thoughtfulness

Who would have thought one could get so excited about spoons!  All the time I spend cooking these days has led me to appreciate good utensils in the kitchen.  Our little London flat was not furnished with five star cooking tools, but I’ve made do with what we have.  For my birthday my mom got [...]