by lameredith | Dec 31, 2012 | Family & Celebrations
Happy New Year to you. How will you spend it? Some years ago, I created a new tradition for each New Year. I take a moment to look back at the accomplishments or changes I’ve made the year before and celebrate them, rather than simply focusing on what’s next....
by lameredith | Dec 24, 2012 | Family & Celebrations
Merry Christmas! What’s your favorite holiday memory? Is it the food, the parties, or the music that you look forward to most each year? I’m only just beginning to enjoy the traditions. For years, the sound of Christmas music was as welcoming as...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
What if you found out you were living a lie? That a family secret had kept you away from a sibling or parent that you did not even know existed? Mary Lou Lockhart, printed in Anchorage Daily News 12/9/12 Today’s Anchorage Daily News article What is Never Spoken...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
I met Jack the Turkey last spring when I visited my sister’s farm in New Mexico. I was smitten immediately. Outside of his obvious good lucks, I loved the way Jack walked with us around the property, keeping up with our conversation, interacting with the other...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
My father Kova Meredith Today is Father’s Day. It’s a time when those who have one remember and (ideally) honor their fathers, those who had one remember their fathers, and those who had none mourn their losses. In my work with juvenile delinquents,...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
In late May of 1985, I received the gift of a lifetime when my dear friend, attorney Ira Uhrig, located my biological father. Kova Meredith was living on a farm in rural Kentucky, and had recently rented a home in Louisville. I was twenty. My father was seventy. ...