Family

I had another Ah…Ha moment the other day after a holiday photo shoot taken by my talented sister, Michele. Our family was downright dysfunctional. Is it me or is every family loud, crazy and disorganized? Somehow, between the boys beating each other up in the snow and having meltdowns, Michele...

Nantucket Photos of Summer

Photo Credit: Michele Cardamone Photo Credit: Michele Cardamone Going through security I glanced back at G-Dog and my sister Melanie and waved a tearful goodbye. Why did everything have to come to an end? Was I truly not going to see Melanie again for another year? Why was I leaving my mother on her...

Island Living- Getting into Trouble

  The other evening as we sat around the dinner table G-Dog told us of a recent mishap where her car went missing on the island for, oh about a week. Sounds crazy I know, but it is not uncommon for islanders and their cars to get lost on these back streets of Nantucket. You know how island living can...

Nantucket – I’m Home

We stepped out from the tiny prop plane and I stood for a moment on top of the stairs breathing in the salty air of Nantucket, filled with the scent of Lilies and memories of teenage debauchery. The words from Diddy’s song, “Coming Home,” swimming in my head: “Back where I belong,...

Breaking up on Spring Break

“We’re leaving,” I said to Wade as he lay in bed despondent and in pain from his broken ribs. “I feel this will be best for you to have peace and quiet. Is that okay, or should I stay and take care of you?” I asked. “No, no…go,” he anxiously replied. As much as he wanted and needed my love...

Getting broke in Ta Hell U Ride

(photos we can’t include on travel reviews) Ahhh vacation, where families play together and bond, when they are not driving each other to insanity. The time before last when we visited Telluride, Wade and I were pregnant with Brevitt. With the first, we nurtured the baby together as it grew in my...