A Father’s Day Above and Overboard!
nancykoplar2019-08-06T13:01:58+00:00Father's Day has always been special to me. First of all, celebrating my own father was so much fun. I would make him home-made cards out of construction paper, [...]
May 2018–ALREADY???
nancykoplar2019-08-06T13:02:12+00:00Dear friends & relatives, When last I talked to you, it was April of 2017. I took a reprieve to help my cousin with her broken hip--a "short" break [...]
Home Run
nancykoplar2019-08-06T13:02:51+00:00Wow! What a start to our Cardinal baseball season! Although I did not get to go to the game, I think I had just as much fun at home--and [...]
Night of the Living Dead
nancykoplar2019-08-06T13:02:56+00:00I went up to Chicago recently to help watch my daughter's four children. She and her husband had won a “Get Out of Jail Free” weekend pass at a [...]
Treasures from my Attic
nancykoplar2019-08-06T13:03:01+00:00Remember when I said it's hard for me to de-clutter? Well, I was making a valiant attempt at discarding old boxes of files the other day, when a lone [...]
Love Thy Neighbor
nancykoplar2019-08-06T13:03:07+00:00As a little girl, I learned that "To love thy neighbor as thyself" was one of the greatest commandments of God; I memorized the ten commandments. I recited them [...]
How I Went Overboard on Stage to Save My Mother
nancykoplar2019-08-06T13:03:11+00:00Applause was ringing in my ears. I took my second bow, and then the whole cast joined me on stage. The trees, birds and bumblebees flanked me as I curtsied [...]
Grandma’s Too Tired to Think of a Clever Title
nancykoplar2019-08-06T13:03:19+00:00Dear Friends & Family, I forgot how hard it was being the mother of five little children. The only thing harder is being the grandmother of four little children. After [...]
“Parting is such sweet sorrow…”
nancykoplar2019-08-06T13:03:24+00:00Juliet’s words as she bids Romeo adieu are some of the most often quoted of the Bard’s 250,000 word vocabulary. And imagine, Shakespeare didn’t have the aid of the [...]
My Valentine
nancykoplar2019-08-06T13:03:30+00:00I'm a sucker for all things sweet and heart-shaped. I spend hours, weeks ahead of February 14th, searching for just the right books that speak to my grandchildren's hearts, [...]