Vanessa, Pt. 2
By Ann von Dehsen, January 16, 2020 — Last year I wrote about Vanessa, my sister Ellen’s long-time pen pal from England who came to visit our family in 1968 when she and Ellen were both 18. A quick synopsis—Vanessa … Continued
By Ann von Dehsen, January 16, 2020 — Last year I wrote about Vanessa, my sister Ellen’s long-time pen pal from England who came to visit our family in 1968 when she and Ellen were both 18. A quick synopsis—Vanessa … Continued
By Ann von Dehsen, January 09, 2020 — Sadly, I recently learned that my cousin had passed away from a rare form of thyroid cancer. We had lost touch over the years, only seeing each other very occasionally usually at … Continued
By Eleanor Kazdan, October 29, 2020 — Growing up in the ’50s in an uptown neighborhood of Toronto, Halloween was something we looked forward to all year long. With the help of our mothers, we fashioned costumes of witches, cowboys, … Continued
By Frances Bryce, January 2, 2020 — My adult daughter and son usually spend the Christmas holidays together now that she is married and lives full-time in California and I have a home in Philadelphia. I often travel to California. … Continued
Bt Eleanor Kazdan, September 03, 2020 — In the 1950s and ’60s, people used the term “nervous breakdown” when a person because irrational, unable to function, or lost touch with reality. Today, there are many other medical terms and diagnoses … Continued
By Denise W., October 15, 2020 — Yesterday was the anniversary of six years that my mother went to be with the Lord. First of all, I was not sad. I’ve decided to do a family tradition. I ordered Chinese … Continued
By Delores Wilson, December 5, 2020 — After church service, we as a group of friends and sisters in the Lord decided to have dinner at Bahama Breeze. It is located in the King of Prussia area. Sometimes a few … Continued
By Ann von Dehsen, December 5, 2019 — A life time North Jersey resident, my father had a love/hate relationship with the New York Giants. My mother had mostly a hate relationship with the Giants because first, she hated football … Continued
By Aparecida de Souza, December 5, 2019 — It was Carnival, March 11, 1983. I went on a trip with my younger daughter. Our first stop was to be in Macin, AL. It was past lunchtime when we arrived at … Continued
By Norman Cain, October 8, 2020 — What happened was when my brother had his funeral in North Carolina, on Saturday. So I was getting ready to go on my way down, but we had a family meeting with my … Continued