Jeanne Fiocca
- Feb 10
The Tradition Continues
Over 22 years ago I started gifting photo calendars to my children's grandmother at Christmas. You've seen the kind I'm sure: a photo per...
Jeanne Fiocca
- Jan 2
What if it was Different?
What if it was Different? What if my Mom hadn't died? What if my Dad was still here? By the time I was 19 both my parents were dead. Mom...
Jeanne Fiocca
- Aug 23, 2022
The People We Know on the Internet
Thoughts about the emotional impact of the people that we know on the internet.
Jeanne Fiocca
- Aug 20, 2022
Just for Now
I'm a library nerd. For someone who doesn't read many books cover to cover, I could get lost in a library for hours. I check out a stack...
Jeanne Fiocca
- Jan 4, 2021
New Year's Brain Dump
Mid-life moodiness has had me struggling to see the sunny side, as does the lack of stimulation from seeing friends, being comfortably...
Jeanne Fiocca
- Oct 12, 2020
1492? It was 2015 for Me.
Columbus Day, 2015. My then-husband had the day off. The kids were in school. I just looked it up on my work website: I had 3 deliveries...
Jeanne Fiocca
- Oct 10, 2020
My Mama's Madonna
My mom had one of these when I was little. Either the halo or the bird(or both) had been glued back on. Mom died at age 50, when I was 9...
Jeanne Fiocca
- Jun 13, 2020
A Graduation for the COVID Class
I attended my son’s high school graduation yesterday evening: I woke up tearful. Joyful tears. I am blown away by how the school...
Jeanne Fiocca
- Mar 16, 2020
Life will Never be the Same, I'm Taking a Minute.
I hear my three sons in the front room. Two are clattering on their keyboards doing assigned online work from their school, the third,...
Jeanne Fiocca
- Dec 19, 2019
How to Stop being so Angry
I left my marriage with a long mental list of things my spouse had done wrong. Of all the ways he had not loved me right and been hurtful...
