Three Cheers for Liberal Arts

“The most valuable skill anyone can learn in college is how to learn efficiently — how to figure out what you don’t know and build on what you do know to adapt to new situations and new problems.” I may be biased, seeing as I am on of THOSE liberal arts students who graduated with [...]

Across the Generational Divide

One of the obstacles that comes with having a large extended family is the need to keep everyone informed when something happens. After my grandmother’s stroke in August, I saw that we needed a way to keep everyone in the loop without having the same conversations ad naseum. So I suggested – and was given [...]

The Flip Side of the Coin

My family is big. Like, really, really, really big. I have four parents and five siblings, plus a handful of nephews and a niece. I have more than 20 aunts and uncles and 27 first cousins. (I counted.) Then there are all the second cousins and first cousins once removed, some of whom I’ve never [...]