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The Hands of Time

(Written January 1, 2019, on Facebook): Visited with my cousin Laura today. Haven’t seen her in two years. She’s an artist, like me. And, she’s a Slifer. So it was a good day of talking and catching up and knowing our shared family traits and history. We Slifer’s seem to be attached to our sentimental things…our homes are filled with knick knacks and other items that tell the story of our lives. Like little markers left along a trail both...

Positioning the Nativity

I remember the year that we bought a beautiful and somewhat large-figured nativity set for Christmas. I had unpacked and set it up on a piece of furniture in the dining room and I suppose without thinking through how to position the animals and humans around the manger, I had them placed some of them – probably all but Mary and Joseph – facing outward from Baby Jesus, toward the viewer. One day I noticed these were all turned around...

Goddesses, Princesses and Step-Sisters

There is one college class I had my senior year that I didn’t really understand too well at the time, yet it has left an indelible impression upon me and I find myself thinking of it and the assignments from time to time as my years increase. I was 22 at the time I was in this class called Family Life at the University of Delaware.   I am now 57-years-old and two marriages later, two children, two divorces, and a lot...