Family Is Everything

The rain set the mood as I helped to pack up my mother’s beautiful possessions and move them into her companion’s house in Connecticut. Stoically, my mother performed the perfunctory tasks needed to move out of her beloved home and I immersed myself into her world trying to be on my best behavior,...

Staycations in Aspen

Living in the countryside outside Aspen, my sister Michele and I terrorize a discounted Aspen hotel with our pack of kids and husbands so that we can experience Aspen full tilt over the World Cup in Aspen. My family and I were frantically packing up the car with enough luggage to spend a week in St. Moritz,...