Category Archives: Family Ties

But the heart which makes us fathers and sons.  ~ Johann Schiller  Hubby D. and I have been away from the nest for the past couple of days, visiting with family in Idaho.  We feel like we rarely get to … Continue reading →

Mrs. Ronna has a very yummy recipe of chicken soup to share with all of us.  I wish I had made chicken soup last night, but I decided I was going to pull out the Fancy Cookbook and be Mrs. … Continue reading →

Four months ago Husband D. and I began a strange, often intrusive, somewhat heart-breaking, always hopeful journey for our own baby – Baby G.  Actually, the journey began a year and four months ago when we started “trying.”  We’re one … Continue reading →

I’ve written once about our search for Junior G.  Once.  But I’ve received many hits due to  people googling the words “conception” and “infertility.”  It’s just an odd, individual journey to go through.  As people around us conceive so easily, … Continue reading →

"Into your room, and pick you up, And hold you up in the moonlight, you cling to me …"(Kinnell 1971)  There is a secret love that Husband D. and I harbor in the deepest part of who we are – … Continue reading →

All right.  Maybe this trip wasn’t among unknown men as other trips have been.  A civilized trip where we could drink the water, use American gestures without worry and have our carry-ons with us at all times.  Hubby D and … Continue reading →

  This kind of stuff happens in our house almost on a daily basis.  I wouldn’t have it any other way.  I couldn’t even if I wanted to – I told God that I didn’t want a boring marriage or … Continue reading →