Sister Serendip

We just returned from a lovely vacation in the Dominican Republic where I had the chance to dust off my rusty grasp on the Spanish language....

Our next Story Slam is coming up on July 26th. Last month I had my story written a solid three weeks in advance . . . this time I'm hav...

Our 14-year-old has had a giant illustrated poster of her summer bucket list since March. The other day I asked our 16-year-old what was on ...

. . . as it was made up of: 1. Sports 2. Surgery 3. Sightseeing 4. Story Slams: 5. Salads & Soft Serve . . . but now it's September....

It's no secret that I've been needing a break from the home kids lately.  (Remember my last post ? It hadn't gotten much better ...

Do you want to know how adorable I used to be? Ten plus summers ago, I'd plan out stuff like this: Not only that, but the kids would do ...

School's out and I'm overwhelmed by the schedule. Seriously. I've signed the athletes up for so many summer trainings, leagues a...

Check these off the bucket list (completed in the last seven weeks  approximately ten days): 1. Bowling: Let it be known that this one time ...

What's the best part of sleep-away camp? Is it learning new skills? Making lifelong friends? Or is it the letters you get from your fami...

After never having attended sleep-away camp, two summers of no day camp and a last-minute COVID exposure scare . . .  our youngest is OFF fo...

First a little recap . . .  SUMMER 2020 Big kids aka alleged adults: no jobs Little kids : no camp Parents: virtual work Some travel (to a ...

Nobody: Me: Oh! You’re wondering about my Vespa because I haven’t said a single word about him or posted any pictures on instagram in so, so...