Tag: family
member name: Gisela Cashin-Snyder
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March 15, 2006 07:56 PM EST --
This article was written in response to the Two Words Group Weekly Challenge "Night's Revenge."
I am by nature, a caretaker of books. They line our shelves, stand in what I can only hope . . . more
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March 17, 2006 03:03 PM EST --
Just when I thought it was safe to segue to next week's Two Word Challenge – two of my family men decided to re-open the topic by making VERY BAD CHOICES last night.
Now, I should preface this . . . more
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July 29, 2007 03:46 PM EDT --
I had something of an epiphany yesterday afternoon.
I was kneeling over the flower bed just off the patio, pulling migrating grass and muttering under my breath. How the heck had this happened? . . . more
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July 30, 2007 11:20 PM EDT --
Yesterday was a bit of an anomaly for me. You see, I had it all to myself....
Fred, Dani and Alex left at 6 am for a Phoenix - San Bernardino - Phoenix turn around trip in order to get my . . . more
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May 28, 2006 10:23 PM EDT --
Some of my most cherished childhood memories center around visits to my grandmother Florence's house in Glendale, California. A modest adobe-style dwelling built in the 1920's, . . . more
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May 29, 2006 01:34 PM EDT --
In Part I, I shared with you the tragic loss of my Uncle Bill in a flight training accident days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Family lore has it that he died due to lack of treatment at the . . . more
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May 08, 2006 03:24 AM EDT --
Sunday May 7th - 9:12 PM
"Mom?"
"Yeah sweetie, what is it?"
"We have to talk."
"Hmmm?"
"Stop typing Mom..... Mom....MOM!!"
"Yes? I'm . . . more
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August 09, 2006 01:30 PM EDT --
Logan Seth - quite possibly the most laid-back baby in the world, and our very first grand child was born yesterday morning at 10:54 am.
He weighed in at 8 pounds 2 oz, and stretched out to 21 inches . . . more
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February 25, 2007 08:33 PM EST --
All last week, I knew she was out there, waiting for someone - anyone - to find a place where she could be put to good use again. Other than adjusting the sheets and blankets that we'd draped over . . . more
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April 25, 2006 09:34 PM EDT --
Sixteen years ago today, I awoke at 2:45 am from a sound sleep to a ruptured amniotic surprise. An hour and a half, and some serious hard work later, I was handed a small bundle.
Who . . . more
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April 28, 2006 04:16 PM EDT --
My name is Gisela, and I am a "History Junkie." This condition pre-dates my "Gatheraholic" status by decades.
If like myself, you welcome each and every opportunity to . . . more
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June 29, 2006 03:15 PM EDT --
It arrived yesterday with little fanfare. In fact, it very nearly DIDN'T make it across the livingroom. Good thing my eye-hand coordination was actually functional when Fred casually lobbed . . . more
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March 23, 2006 02:11 PM EST --
I have been a parent for over two decades. For the majority of that time I was working outside the home, and I admit, placed dutiful meal planning rather low on the totem pole of my priorities.
Inevitably, . . . more
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February 06, 2006 12:18 PM EST --
Some families are renown for their dedication to the preservation of artisan skills – wine making, the crafting of fine musical instruments, or perhaps simply a sour dough starter that has been . . . more
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June 09, 2008 04:48 PM EDT --
I can't believe it's been nearly two months to the day, since I was last able to find a moment to Gather....I've gone off the "Gather Grid" before when the Real World kicked . . . more
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June 01, 2006 04:54 PM EDT --
"I just know I'm forgetting something...."
"There's a hole in your pants."
"I know dear."
"Well, aren't you going to change them?"
"No dear." . . . more
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March 31, 2008 12:31 PM EDT --
In the summer of 2006, my husband's Aunt Tillie and Uncle Ed celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. To commemorate the event, their children, spouses/partners as well as Fred, Danielle . . . more
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April 26, 2006 06:57 PM EDT --
This is part of a personal project I am working on for my children and grandchildren. I first published it shortly after joining Gather, and was recently encouraged to re-publish so that some of my new . . . more
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February 17, 2006 11:14 PM EST --
A few years back, when my eldest was just about to head into High School, certain vocabulary components had to be formally verboten. (We had a toddler in the house who loved to repeat things.) . . . more
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February 14, 2006 03:38 PM EST --
I found myself really struggling with an idea for this week's choice "fuzzy edges." My first instinct was to rattle off another chuckle or two about the "fuzzy edges" of my logic . . . more
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