Gram, I am Going to Miss You.

On May 9th, at approximately 1 pm, Helen (Orr) Cocchiola passed away. She was 87. She was my Gram. For the past four months emma and I have driven to CT to visit her on a weekly basis. The time spent with her was wonderful. Gram, as I learned from mudda, enjoyed chats...

Catching Up with the Fall of 2008

Since my last post a couple few sandstorm of things have taken place in and around 1101. I thought about writing about each topic at length but came to the conclusion that it’s best to get something written instead of nothing so here we go! It’s going to...

Nurture not Nature in CT

The genetics of my family, scratch that. The genetics of my family members are a bit, well, no, they aren’t exactly the same. My mom has a number of sisters and brothers and yet none share the same genetic code. My gram isn’t actually my (blood)...