Some schools have great mottos. Yale’s “Lux et Veritas” and Harvard’s “Veritas” spring to mind. What could be better than Truth and Light? My high school’s motto, Labore et Virtue, was equally impressive. The University of Chicago, my alma mater, has a clunkier one: “Crescat Scientia Vita Excolatur” which trippingly translates into “Let knowledge grow…
Mary Elizabeth has a few big “To-Do’s” on her list and one is to go swimming. We usually go to the beach several times a summer, and have generous friends with pools who entertain us frequently. However, given Mary Elizabeth’s stability issues with walking, I’ve been hesitant to let her attempt swimming. It’s not so…
Several years ago, Mary Elizabeth used to write a newsletter column for the Nassau County Mothers of Twins Club, of which she was an active member before her stroke. The column was called, “When Does It Get Easier?” and included a few paragraphs on our own experiences with a particular aspect of raising our twins,…
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