My favorite holiday tradition has always been the Carol Sing the Monday before Christmas.  My parents invited everyone in town over to sing Christmas Carols, eat Christmas Cookies, and have the Merry Christmas Punch aka Wassil Bowl.  It was all pure joy! The making of the Wassil Bowl would start days before, with the slow […]

Here are some portraits we found recently of my parents.  Like many families, they had us all drawn in pastel, but we had never seen their portraits before.  My mom passed away last night…and she is now with my dad, as it should be.  They were married for 65 years.  They used their time, resources,