From My Front Porch

I’m a kid sister. In fact, I have six older siblings and one younger. At five years old, my sister found herself the middle child between two boys: Tom, the elder, and Steve, the younger. Not willing to accept this position in life without a fight, she [Read more…]

My sisters and I don’t share any magical jeans, but we do share some impressive genes. Coming from a mother with a quiet and humble spirit, people may be shocked to know we have not a single wallflower among us. Six, yes, six extremely independent and strong-willed women came from [Read more…]

Several years ago I had one of those days when I seemed to be on the phone all day…I normally go weeks without speaking voice-to-voice with a sibling, but I talked with four of them on this particular day—I have seven. The fourth call drew my shopping cart to a halt [Read more…]

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I hadn’t prepared myself for the rush of emotion I would feel standing in the middle of that tiny one-room apartment where my mother lived—truly lived—the final years of her life.  I had to hurry in order to arrive [Read more…]