Category Archives: Growing Up

Dear Children:

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Adrienne Cohen

Some days are just not like all the rest. They can be different from all others for just one person, for a family, for a whole country, and sometimes for the whole world. Days worth remembering can be happy days … Continue reading →

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Today, and 100 Years Ago . . .

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Adrienne Cohen

Legos are great! But so is history. I learned a little more than a year ago, much to my surprise, that my then eight-year-old grandson is a history buff. Not your ordinary kind of kid who’s interested in the 60s … Continue reading →

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Hope: No, it has not disappeared!

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Adrienne Cohen

Note: This post was begun about six months ago — just after the national elections, although I have no record of the exact date. Just as obviously, I never finished it. Words at the time were difficult, because there were so … Continue reading →

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My husband and I recently took the grandkids to the circus. Somewhere between the elephants and the camels, the tigers, the clowns and the flying trapeze, my husband asked our wide-eyed eight-year-old if he’d ever thought about running away to … Continue reading →

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Adrienne Cohen | Leave a comment

Adulting: The road is a rocky one, but oh so much fun

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Adrienne Cohen

There are words in a 13-year-old’s vocabulary that make one sit up and take notice. I feel as if I have taken a high intensity two week course in generational psychology. The gap is real. But it can be bridged. Having a … Continue reading →

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