Month: January 2020
28
Jan
Older Brothers
by Marlene
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I have them. Four of them. And with the sorting through of a lot of boxes of family photos and memorabilia from my mother’s estate...
28
Jan
Baby Toes
by Marlene
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So admit it. You’ve done it. We’ve all done it. We’ve all had baby toes in our face. In fact if there were a baby...
25
Jan
100 Trillion Cells
by Marlene
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Isn’t that nice of them? They came together. On a whim. And made me. And made you. Trillions of cells decided to come together to...
24
Jan
Crossing My Eyes and Dotting My Teas
by Marlene
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I love it when children misspeak or mispronounce words and thus provide an opportunity to add a new word to our vocabulary. My daughter was...
24
Jan
Family: No Returns. No Exchanges.
by Marlene
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I can say something about myself that most people cannot say: I have five brothers, and I have five sisters. My mother had 11 babies...
13
Jan
Old
by Marlene
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It’s odd how the definition of old changes over the years. When I was 6 years old, I remember thinking my 12 year old brother...