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Taken too soon

September 11, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Earlier this year I discovered the infant section at Mount Avon Cemetery. Eleven babies in all. They were hard to find because the stones were nearly completely grown over. I imagine the parents have … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: babies, family, grief, loss, Mount Avon Cemetery

Love and loss on Labor Day, 2017

September 5, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

pet love

Emotional support: Today I tidied the gravesites of Jacob Vaness Young, his wife Leita and their two children, swapping out summer flowers for fall stuff. I took my corgi, Clementine, with me for the … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, It's Personal Tagged With: Clementine, family, grief, Jacob Vaness Young, Mount Avon Cemetery, pets

First Rehearsal for Listen To Your Mother

March 30, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Listen to your Mother

I was so excited - I hadn’t seen the Listen To Your Mother producers Angela Smith Youngblood and Angela Amman since my audition several months ago. The Angelas, as they like to call themselves, filled … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: Detroit, family, Listen To Your Mother, LTYM, mother

Every Least Sparrow: Special Needs Parenting

March 20, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Carolyn Walker writes about parenting a special needs child

A Parent's Expectations: Looking back, Carolyn Walker writes that it was good that she and her husband didn’t know what to expect when their daughter Jennifer was diagnosed with Rubinstein-Taybi … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: disability, family, memoir, parenting, Rubinstein-Taybi, special needs

Fun with math. Really.

March 13, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Playing Foxland! I have to share this amazing math game my granddaughter made for school called "Foxland." We had so much fun playing the other day. Actually, I was quite pleased to discover that I … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: board games, family, math games

American Girl Sensibility

March 13, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

  Birthday fun: For my granddaughter's ninth birthday, my daughter and I took her to the American Girl Doll store in Chicago. I had been unaware of the evolution of this iconic doll since … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: American Girl Doll, family, girls

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Award- winning writer, poet & artist. Cynical optimist. Super klutz. Corgi fan. Author of two novels, a children's picture book, and five poetry chapbooks. More here.

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