He loves her and she loves him, and it is magic to see. Since she was a baby peeking out of her carriage, Lucy has smiled at Al. And Al, in his eighties, has smiled right back, their eyes locking, their hearts touching. You could say it's been love since first sight…
Read More"Once upon a time, I was a little girl, just like you," I tell my 3-year-old granddaughter.
And she squinches up her nose, shakes her head, and says, "No, you weren't."
I show her pictures of me when I was 2 and 5 and 8. I say, "See. I had hair just like yours." I show her my fourth-grade school picture. "Look. Here I am." I call my childhood…
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It's perennial wisdom, the stuff of graduation cards and a top contender on lists of ``best advice.'' You have to look at the big picture. This is what we tell our kids and it's what responsible adults told us. The big picture is the Holy Grail. To be a success, you have to know where you are going and you have to have a plan. ``Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.'' I have always loved this analogy. But the truth is I find the big picture - from the simplest question asked of a child, ``What do you want to be when you grow up?'' to the most complex asked years later, ``What's it's all about, Alfie?'' - overwhelming…
Read MoreMy husband bought me the dollhouse when I was eight months pregnant with my youngest child. That was 33 short years ago.
It was January, and between snowstorms, when he packed our two kids in the station wagon and said, "I'll see you tonight." He then drove I don’t know how many miles north of Portland, Maine, to pick up a dollhouse I’d been dazzled by at a craft show a few months..
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