No-Labor Day = New Beginnings
(Photo by Loretta Sherwood) It’s Labor Day today. On Labor Day we aren’t supposed to labor at all. It’s time to slack off as a tribute to the last day of summer and the beginning...
Here’s to Milton Hershey!
Have you ever heard the story of Milton Hershey? Prior to visiting there last week, I never knew anything about him and didn’t even know his name. What an amazing visionary and inspir...
Hershey, the Sweetest Place on Earth
Hershey really is a sweet place, and we brought home bags full of chocolate to prove it! Never fear, we had plenty of chocolate there, too. In fact, I have that post-Halloween candy overload feeling...
They Ran With Joy
We always hear about the bad teenagers in the news, the troublemakers who give teenagers a bad rap. Well, here is a story of some exemplary ones, amazingly kind and thoughtful high school kid...
"The Decadent Fun Paradox"
Have you ever experienced the “Decadent Fun Paradox?” Perhaps you have and didn’t realize it! This is from the latest issue of Robious Corridor Magazine, the August/Septemb...
It’s Time to "Go Ape!"
Tap into your inner ape at “Go Ape!” Here is the latest and greatest from the August Richmond Parents Monthly. Go Ape,” Page 1 “Go Ape,” Page 2 It’s the best pla...
Remembering Joy
As I wrote in my previous post, my dear friends’ 14-year-old daughter Joy passed away a week ago. So say it was unexpected is the understatement of the century. She was about to start hig...
Ode to Joy
If anything, life is so unpredictable. It was such an incredibly great day until finding out about sweet Joy. She died yesterday at age 14 after the first day of cross country practice for ...