by Xianna Michaels | Mar 2, 2015 | Editorial
adventure In 2012 we added A, now four, to our troop, and decided a shorter journey was in in order. Now we were eight. It would be the last year we could all fit into that trusty SUV. We went to Las Vegas and stayed at a condo-resort off The Strip. They gave us two...
by Xianna Michaels | Feb 13, 2015 | Editorial
adventure For our 2010 adventures with our grandchildren we headed north to Carmel and Monterey. We had by this time commandeered our daughter’s eight-seat SUV. We were six people again and quite comfortable. We drove north, making only on stop – at a spacious Coffee...
by Xianna Michaels | Jan 15, 2015 | Books
mom From time to time I’ll share a poem I’ve written for children, often from the child’s point of view. I wrote this poem after watching a very young child bravely try to adjust to the new baby who had recently joined the family. Mommy’s Lap I love my baby brother,...
by Xianna Michaels | Dec 21, 2014 | Editorial
Every summer my husband, Michael, and I are blessed and delighted to take a road trip with our grandchildren. Just us and the grands – no middle generation allowed. We started when the oldest was five and her brother two. We drove forty-five minutes and stayed for two...
by Xianna Michaels | Oct 5, 2014 | Editorial
hebrew October 8th, in addition to being the birthday of one of my daughters, this year begins the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot. On Sukkot we eat in a temporary dwelling, a sukkah. Some people (one of my sons-in-law and assorted grandchildren included) even sleep...
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