Millennial Home – Mind Massage #1
Welcome to your first Mind Massage! Can you find all of the household items?
A Lucky Day For All
So often when we turn on the news, the broadcast reports on a tragic traffic accident where a cyclist or pedestrian has been hit or dragged by a vehicle and killed. It seems like there is just too much traffic for many of our streets, and pedestrians and cyclists need...
Pansy Gardens
Earlier today, I was walking in downtown Concord, MA, when I happened upon a number of lovely pansy container arrangements. Usually I don't think much about pansies, but these were so colorful I just had to take a moment to snap a few photos with my phone. The...
Dad’s Shrimp Dip
Dad’s Quick and Easy Shrimp Dip With summer fast approaching, here is a tasty shrimp dip that is easy to make and is always popular with a crowd. Ingredients: 2 cans of tiny shrimp 16 ounce container of sour cream 1 package of dry onion soup mix salt and pepper...
Adam’s Return From Japan
Parents want to know their children are safe, happy and healthy, and we are no exception. Having Adam in Japan has been difficult for us – first it was the realization that he was living and working 6700 miles away and we would rarely see our son. As time...
The Story of the Easter Lamb Cake
The Easter Cake Disaster When I was a child, one of my grandmother’s Easter traditions was to make adorable butter lambs for our Easter table. Grandmother prepared several of these lambs – pressing softened butter into fragile plastic molds that she later decorated...
My first Passover Seder
Reflections on Seder Earlier this week I attended my first Passover Seder and it was a memorable experience. I was raised Catholic and until adulthood I had never heard of a Seder. For those of you who are not Jewish, this is a ritual dinner that marks the beginning...
Views from my window – Where is home?
I sit here writing away, looking across a parking lot and surrounded by high rise apartments. I believe that home is where the family is and that’s all that is truly important. At the same time I know it is next to impossible not to become attached to certain places...
Leia
Blogger
Greetings! I’m “Leia”, a Midwestern transplant to New England, wife to Jonathan the physicist, mother of two millennial children, and a lover of homes, cooking, dogs and children. Welcome to my blog: Our Millennial Home!
Let’s start at the beginning…
I’ve been thinking about this for some time and finally decided that it is time to dive right in and start blogging. In many ways this is a blog about change and entrepreneurship, and I am sure our challenges are the same as those faced by many others. As a family we are evolving and we find ourselves in a continual state of change. Some days are great and others – well, not so much, and I have to say that being mom to two “millennials” is both a challenge and delight. Our family has been spread across three continents – with my daughter in England, my son in Japan and my husband and I in the United States. Now we find ourselves facing new opportunities, some serious new challenges, and we will share these with you as they develop via our family blog. I hope we all enjoy the adventure!