Hello All, Marianne Wiggins, American author, wrote this about train rides: “What thrills me about trains is not their size or the equipment, but the fact they are moving, that they embody a connection between unseen places.” Little Mom mentioned multiple weeks ago that she had a few requests – she wanted to ride a train again to where she and Dad grew up and she wanted to visit Dad’s grave. Bob got on-line – since he is the king of planning trips – and searched a train trip that would accomplish both requests. My brothers and sister were enlisted – with two of them living in or near our…

Hello All, Bet that title caught your eye! What do breasts and bullies have in common? The month of October! It is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. Both critically important topics for us. Both can lead to harm – both can scar, physically and emotionally – both can lead to death. Both can be prevented and/or minimized with early detection. Both require us to act. Both are topics I am very passionate about. Did you know that it is still a fact that 1 out of every 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. Breast cancer is the…

Hello All, This week has been a difficult one. One of my dear friends lost her 10 year old daughter to Covid. I am not breaking any privacy rules – my friend and her husband have been interviewed for both TV and print to talk about this terrible disease and the loss of Teresa. Teresa was both kind and caring – spitfire and diva – a beautiful soul – the sister who her brothers loved and protected – and the light of her family’s life. She had so far to go in life – so much to do. Who knows what she would have become, what else she could have…