by Dorothy Greco | Aug 12, 2014 | Blog, Marriage & Family
Tomorrow, I’ll help my second son load his belongings into the car and drive him north to college. The summer has been a blur of wedding prep and wedding festivities, potentially overshadowing this milestone in his life. During the past two weeks, we’ve had...
by Dorothy Greco | Aug 5, 2014 | Blog, Marriage & Family, Spirituality
In which we perspired profusely, shed many tears, ignored Bacchus, and gained a daughter-in-law. Several weeks ago when I first posted on Facebook that my husband and I would be officiating the wedding ceremony for our eldest son, one friend asked, “How are you going...
by Dorothy Greco | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog, Marriage & Family, Spirituality
In which I finish retrospective the slide show of Anthony and Kate’s lives. Last year, I nearly lost my son in labor. He got stuck in the birth canal. Three interns and one doctor attached a plunger (OK. Not really.) to his head while the nurse pushed on...
by Dorothy Greco | Jul 31, 2014 | Blog, Marriage & Family, Spirituality
In which sleep again evades me because I cannot stop thinking about what’s happening in Liberia. Normally, media scare tactics fail to pull me in. Try as I might, I cannot ignore what’s going on in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. Last night, after hearing...
by Dorothy Greco | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog, Marriage & Family, Spirituality
In which I aim for good enough rather than perfect. I offer you a confession—I am a recovering perfectionist. As previously mentioned, I spent most of my life believing that in order to be liked and accepted, I had to be perfect. Like any other addiction, if I fail to...
by Dorothy Greco | Jul 29, 2014 | Blog, Marriage & Family, Spirituality
In which I plan the menu and shop for my largest dinner party ever. As the cashier was sliding my items across her scanner, I knew this was going to be my highest grocery store purchase ever. I even wondered if Mastercard would deny the sale—or at least call my...
