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By Debra Karplus Hamilton County Indiana touts eight great towns, one destination. Noblesville, the county seat, and Carmel and Fishers are the largest of the towns. But you’ll also find interesting ways to enjoy the other five, Arcadia, Atlanta, Cicero, Sheridan, and Westfield. Situated north of Indianapolis off Interstate 465, a quick twenty minute drive [...]
By Debra L. Karplus Your new grandchild has arrived. Your daughter or daughter-in-law is excited to share with you that she will be nourishing the new baby with mother’s milk. Possibly you breastfed your babies, or perhaps you tried and found it too challenging for a [...] By Debra Karplus, MS, OTR/L When you and your husband were dating, umpteen years ago, and the relationship started to become serious, it became time to meet his parents. You expected that his folks would be pleasant people. But you were young, your backgrounds were so different, and when alone in the room with his [...] A Poem for My New Grandson By Debra Karplus Welcome to the world, little boy. You’ve brought our family so much love and joy. Sleep peacefully, baby, your world is still safe, warm, soft and kind. I gaze at you and imagine about the future path you might find. Will you be creative like your [...] By Debra Karplus I’m organizing some drawers and stumble upon a shoebox containing five years of my diaries from the 1960s. They are covered with some green-ish moldy-looking stuff, but they don’t smell funky. But, perhaps my sixty-something year old sense of smell is not as acute as it used to be. These days you [...] By Debra Karplus What a treat to have the little ones spending the day, or, better yet, staying for a sleepover at Grandma’s house. You’ve prepared the house with yummy treats and a long list of fun activities to do. But, there’s no way you can keep your eyes on your grandchildren one hundred percent [...] By Debra Karplus You’re embarrassed to admit that when you were in school, you were one of the students who frequently played mean-spirited pranks on any substitute teacher who dare set foot into a classroom where you were present. ‘Subs” appeared to be lower on the social status than the nerdiest of kids at school. [...] |
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