We moved to Miami in the summer of 1984. My mother was one month away from giving birth to my younger brother Jon. It was a difficult time for all of us, including my parents. They had grown up in Salt Lake and lived there the majority of their lives (except for a year or […]
Archives for November 2010
Repost: Thanks & Giving Trees
Sorry for the break in memory posts. The baby started throwing up early this morning so it has been a long day. Here is one of my most popular posts from back in 2008 to get you started on thinking about gratitude and service. Hopefully I’ll be back tomorrow with new reminiscences about Miami. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
Miami heat
In Miami we lived just one block away from Tropical Park. This made up for the fact that the interstate went right behind our house. Going from a quiet Salt Lake neighborhood to the constant noise of cars speeding by took some getting used to. Even though there was a high chain-link fence separating our […]
Oh to be five again…
just a photo today as I’m busy taking care of sick children and a sick husband due to a stomach virus. Please, oh please, can we all get it as soon as possible so it doesn’t spread out for weeks? © 2007-2010 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my […]
The Nerd of the Herd
Building on my topic from yesterday I thought I’d post this very poorly written assignment from my English 111 class. It covers an incident that occurred while living in Miami. Maybe it will help answer Andalucy’s question: “Has there ever been a time in your life when your positive outlook failed you? When you felt […]