Discovering Mom on Mother’s Day

Elaine, Mom, Cadence, and Me. Mother’s Day, 2007. Her Legacy Breathes Rich and I made two trips to San Diego, about eighty miles away, this past weekend. On Friday evening, we hurried to San Diego to attend a surprise birthday party for my daughter Elaine, planned by her husband Rob. Her birthday was yesterday; a […]


>Sisters, not "Sisters"

> Cousins Elaine and Hoanie, at the Motu. Tahaa, French Polynesia, January, 2004 Family in Far Places Most of our kin live in California, no more than a day’s drive from my home. A few in-laws have moved east, but we are essentially a Left Coast family. But I also have three sisters who live with […]


Sisters, not "Sisters"

Cousins Elaine and Hoanie, at the Motu. Tahaa, French Polynesia, January, 2004 Family in Far Places Most of our kin live in California, no more than a day’s drive from my home. A few in-laws have moved east, but we are essentially a Left Coast family. But I also have three sisters who live with their […]


Sisters, not "Sisters"

Cousins Elaine and Hoanie, at the Motu. Tahaa, French Polynesia, January, 2004 Family in Far Places Most of our kin live in California, no more than a day’s drive from my home. A few in-laws have moved east, but we are essentially a Left Coast family. But I also have three sisters who live with their […]


Sisters, not "Sisters"

Cousins Elaine and Hoanie, at the Motu. Tahaa, French Polynesia, January, 2004 Family in Far Places Most of our kin live in California, no more than a day’s drive from my home. A few in-laws have moved east, but we are essentially a Left Coast family. But I also have three sisters who live with their […]