by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 7, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 7, 2017 Not unlike other Irish/Italian families, parochial school was a standard; better to have the nuns deal with the messy work of discipline, especially with the Tafuni children. Everything you’ve ever heard about Catholic school is true...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 7, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 7, 2017 In this slice, I reminisce on a time when my mother went back to work, leaving my brothers and I on our own for a short while until she came home. Although fighting was inevitable, more often than not, we surprised ourselves with ingenious...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 5, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 5, 2017 As mentioned in an earlier post, I grew up in a tight knit neighborhood, filled with baby boomers and friends that were as close as family. Safety and freedom were never an issue – kids played independently and our doors remained unlocked....
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 4, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 4, 2017 In this slice, I take pause to think about how my mother unknowlingly influenced my desire to write. That coupled with an innate desire to be heard is why I have kept journals my whole life. “Long before I could really write, someone must...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 3, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 3, 2017 This memory is the one my children, nieces and nephews love to hear. Since my mom, their grandmother, passed away at the ripe young age of fifty-nine, they have few of their own memories of her, so they appreciate when my brothers and I...
