Tag Archives: Mother’s Day

Merry Month of May

Posted on May 9, 2015 by maryannniemczura

Spring flowers. Warm, sunny days with blue skies. Nostalgia and reminiscing swirl in my head during the merry month of May when both my mother and her mother celebrated birthdays: May 6 for my Irish grandmother and May 14 for … Continue reading →

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1000 Pounds and 1000 Feet Tall

Posted on January 31, 2015 by maryannniemczura

Language development in children has always intrigued me. When my two children were young and learning to talk, they each had distinctive words for milk. One would ask for “muck” and the other would ask for “moke” rhyming with poke. … Continue reading →

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