December 25, 2011 “…We celebrated Hanukkah a few days ago, and now we’ll celebrate Christmas…because it’s all about kids!” -a friend told me yesterday. She’s right. The season comes alive for and about children. It brings out the kid in all of us. There’s a festive playfulness permitted for all ages. And there’s the sharing […]
A Secret Gift by Ted Gup
September 5, 2011 Labor Day Speaking of history collected in handwritten letters… Ted Gup’s 80 year old mother gave him an old suitcase filled with some family papers and a trove of old handwritten letters. As he set out to discover the meaning and mystery behind this stack of mail, he unraveled much family history […]
Seasons Greetings
December 13, 2010 I have been busy delivering the mail. This is the busiest time of the year at the Post Office with catalogs, seasonal letters, greeting cards, and packages. Needless-to-say, I am behind in the race to get it all done by December 25th. But I am not stressed about this. Let me tell […]