Having just come off Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday and looking towards Christmas and Chanukah (which this year's first night falls on Christmas Eve), my mind and heart turn, as always, toward family and home. Far away from my family, I was blessed to have my younger son Jason and his wife, Terry, my dear Katrina and Neil and my "granddog", Oreo, with me. We visited colleges on the east coast for Katrina and returned home in time for Terry to cr [...]
