Tag: family traditions

June is Busting Out All Over

It’s June. Actually, it’s already the middle of June. How the heck did that happen? It seems like it was just yesterday that we were dealing with the brutal winter weather that seem to settle in with a vengeance in the Midwest. After having lived in Colorado for 47 years, it was a shock to my system and I welcome the warm weather and bright sunshine. On the other hand, along with the warm weather and the sun comes some of the most spectacular storms I’ve ever seen in my life. I actually don’t mind storms, and find them kind of exciting, but I do get a little rattled when we get tornado warnings. I have never experienced a tornado and hope I never do, but perhaps my husband and I should have considered the possibility before we decided to move to Missouri. Oh well....

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Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good Night!

Merry Christmas! No, I am not daft and I haven’t lost my mind, even though I know that’s what some of you are thinking. As some of you already might know, I grew up in a small steel town in Western Pennsylvania. My father was from Czechoslovakia and immigrated to the good old USA in 1939 at the age of 12. It was actually the second time he came through Ellis Island, but I’ll save that story for another day. Although my mother was born in the States, her parents were from Yugoslavia. Needless to say, I grew up with an interesting heritage and cultural background. Which included celebrating Orthodox Christmas with my mother’s side of the family every year. Woo-hoo! A bonus Christmas. What kid wouldn’t absolutely love that? So, every January 7th, we packed in the...

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