Love

How to Celebrate Valentine’s Day as an Adult

Valentine’s Day is not just for youngsters! I’ve put together ideas for celebrating Valentine’s Day as an adult. Everyone can get in on the holiday – singles, couples, and married folk too! My husband and I have been married for 33 years. As you might have guessed, we give each other cards for Valentine’s Day. There are no more romantic candlelight dinners…

Being the Distraught Daughter of a Breast Cancer Survivor

Note: This is a guest post by my daughter Erin Rederscheid When Mom was first diagnosed with Breast Cancer, I became the distraught daughter. I will never forget those moments in my life. That night we sat down for dinner, and she told me she was having her first surgery but that she was okay! The morning we sat down in my dorm room lobby, and she told me she…

The Legacy Continues…

Today is the anniversary of my father’s passing. It has me feeling reflective of my childhood and my relationship with my Dad. It was not exactly all a bed of roses. I am the youngest of four children. We grew up in Flushing, NY in an attached brick two-family dwelling. My Grandmother and my Aunt Jo lived in the upstairs five room “house,” and we…