A New (Old) Friendship

April 25, 2011

My niece Michaela is four months older than Annabel. With the influence of her older brothers, Michaela has been walking, playing, and running much longer than Annie. And even though they’ve spent tons of time with each other, they haven’t really related to each other much – they’d mostly played around each other, each vying [...]

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Sleepwalking

April 4, 2011

I walked down the stairs at my parents’ house and turned into the family room. My mom and her two sisters were there, trying on shoes. I grabbed some shoes and joined in. My Aunt Terry and I started teasing my mom and Aunt Kathy about their wide feet. Terry and I can buy shoes [...]

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What’s It Like To Be A Twin?

March 29, 2011

I get asked that question all the time. I do my best to answer, even though it would be like me asking you, “what’s it like to have a nose?” My brother Kyle is my only sibling, so I only know what it’s like to have a brother that’s the same age. That being said, [...]

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Gramma’s Secret Cookie Recipe

March 23, 2011

I was one of the luckiest kids in the world. I not only grew up with both of my parents in the same house, but for my entire home life, my grandma lived at home with us, too. And I’m pretty sure my friends were jealous. Because my gramma? WAS AWESOME. Like, bananas dancing queen [...]

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Running Through The Storm

March 21, 2011

Yesterday was the Los Angeles Marathon. And unlike last year when it was sunny and warm and all the spectators wore shirts and flip flops, this year it poured rain. And hail. And it was awful. But we (sans Annie) still went out in the downpour to cheer, because my cousin Leah was running. I [...]

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Writing Our Chapter

January 6, 2011

Last Sunday we went to a family reunion in Northern California that gathered together descendants of my paternal grandmother’s family. It was great to see my aunts and cousins, but the best part of the reunion was getting to look at a collection of family photos – some dating back as far as the 1870s [...]

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