This is a special memory from my own childhood. So I told you the story of the first time I met my sister Sandy. I shared the story of the first time Amara met Aunt Sandy and Uncle Mark. I’ve posted about my trip home to Michigan in 2012 and spending the week with Sandy Read the Rest
This is another episode of Previously on Amara and comes from June of 2009. Amara would have been 5 years old. This was the summer that Aunt Sandy and Uncle Mark rode their Harleys from Michigan to southern California and back. Yes, my sister is a biker chick! Amara and her Daddy had never met Read the Rest
A friend sent me an email the other day and asked, “How is our 5th grade pumpkin doing?” It got me thinking that many little things have happened since the new school year started. After having 11 teeth pulled the first week of summer vacation, Amara got her new pink and purple braces put on Read the Rest
When I told some of my Grandma friends that I was volunteering at the Dollar Book Fair and that the volunteers were all going to dress up my friend Grandma J came up with a brilliant idea. I should go as The Book Fair-ie! She suggested I sprinkle glitter over the students when they purchased Read the Rest
This is a special memory from my own childhood. I don’t know how my mother got up in time for work when we lived in Michigan. I do know that when we moved to California it became my responsibility to get up, make her coffee, bring it to her and wake her up. I would Read the Rest