Family
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Broomall Grandparents Get To Hug Grandkids for First Time in Over a Year
A year of isolation is creating some powerful reunions, with some powerful emotions, reports Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc.com. In Broomall, two fully vaccinated grandparents finally got to hug their four grandkids for the first time in a year. Elaine and Bobby Subbio can see their daughter’s house just behind their home in Broomall. Still, it…
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Weekend Wanderer: Home Is Where the School Is
I have shared a few controversial positions, writing for this publication. I don’t like the shore. I don’t find Disney World magical. The outdoors are just the worst. You probably don’t like me. You don’t find me magical. You maybe even think I’m the worst. Well let me throw another log onto that fire. I’m…
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Things That Go Bump on TikTok
In a time when we’re so fractious, the internet appeared to unite on one opinion: The video was creepy. The series of TikTok posts is a 60-second horror movie. An icy wind in her bathroom led New York City resident Samantha Hartsoe to discover an entire room behind her mirror. Let that sink in. She…
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The Seniors in School
I suppose the announcement last month from the CDC, the one nudging schools to get kids back full-time, should have given me that same gush of relief my first slug of caffeine gives me each morning. It did not. The Philadelphia Inquirer recently discussed the indifference kids, particularly teenagers, have towards going back to school.…
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To Chore or Not to Chore?
I’m not sure where, exactly, my son’s sheets went. I know I handed them to him. I know I told him to make his bed. And I know he has spent every night since sleeping on his bare mattress. I would look in his room. I would. But my kids’ sloppiness is legendary. An accidentally…
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Marple-Newtown Bathed in Blue to Remember a Kind 7-Year-old Lost to the Flu
Blue lights shine on homes and businesses in Marple-Newtown and reach as far as Ocean City, New Jersey, reports Dann Cuellar for 6abc.com. The light is there to honor the memory of 7-year-old Matthew Wzorek of Broomall who died unexpectedly of the flu last year on Feb. 16. “It just touches everybody’s hearts, as…
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Family Trades in Manhattan for Rural Pennsylvania to Escape COVID-19 and Considers Staying for Good
A family that traded Manhattan for rural Pennsylvania to escape COVID-19 is enjoying its temporary home so much that it is considering making the move permanent, writes Jason Nark for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Caroline Goldrick, her husband, Christian, and their daughter, Edith, moved to the home of a family member in idyllic Eagles Mere in…
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Wiser Wealth: Puppies Adopted During Pandemic Come with Hefty Price Tag, But There Are Ways to Keep These Bills Down
Many people opted to adopt a dog during the pandemic for companionship while not considering the expenses that come with the decision, writes Bruce Horovitz for The Wall Street Journal. According to Rover, the annual cost of a dog’s basic needs range from $610 to $2,115, depending on several factors, including where you live. This…
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Twenty-Four Hours In Pandemic Parenting
In the end, it was the smartwatch that sealed my fate. It started 2:30 Tuesday morning when I let my dog into the yard. He does this some nights, always between 2:30 and 3:30 in the morning. I think, in these moments, of The Amityville Horror, of Margot Kidder waking up screaming – every night,…
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CBS’s 60 Minutes Profiles Family of Former Drexel Hill Man Who Succumbed to COVID-19
The Phillips family of Chester Springs was hit by COVID-19, and the losses it had suffered by the end of the months-long ordeal have changed it forever, writes Scott Pelley for CBS’s 60 Minutes. Last March, Andy Phillips, formerly of Drexel Hill, had to be taken to the hospital due to COVID-19 complications while his…
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County Memorial Tuesday Night Remembers Residents Who Have Died From COVID-19
Delaware County joined a national memorial ceremony of remembrance Tuesday evening to honor all those who have lost their lives to COVID-19. As President-Elect Joe Biden led a luminary ceremony at the reflecting pool in Washington, D.C., Delaware County officials gathered at the courthouse in Media to light their own luminaries to the 1,062 residents…
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Havertown Couple’s Simple Life Is a Wonderful Life; They Have Each Other
Joe and Yolanda can’t remember a time when they weren’t friends, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. They were born the same day a year apart in neighboring West Philadelphia families and they’ve been together ever since. “We always wanted to be together. We were always compatible,” she said. When he was 18,…
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Chester Heights Grandmom Makes Cooking Videos With Grandson
Grandparents living at home with the family have had unique opportunities during the pandemic to spend a lot of quality time with their grandchildren, reports the 6abc staff at Morning Moms. For some, that means quality time in the kitchen preparing favorite dishes. Cindy McCord of Chester Heights is cooking up a storm with her…
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They Were Friends for Most of 80 Years, Then COVID Took One of Them
For most of 80 years, Jane Krumrine and Jessamine “Susy” Brandt shared a close friendship that included socializing, traveling, and going to church together. Then on April 17, 82-year-old Krumrine, living at Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square, died of COVID-19, writes Noble Brigham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. They met as toddlers in 1939, when Brandt’s…
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Holiday Greeting Cards Take on a Unique 2020 Flavor
The coronavirus pandemic has shaken up the typical holiday card/family newsletter with many improvising their own 2020 version, writes Ellie Silverman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Liz Costa of Media wanted to introduce her daughter, Hallie, born July 28, to family and friends and offer joy in a dark year. Her holiday card has daughter Hallie…
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7 New Traditions for a COVID Thanksgiving
By Wendi Rank To say October through December is my favorite time of year understates my sentiment. I would spend the year – all three hundred and sixty-five days of it – living Halloween to Christmas on an endless cycle. My husband says it’s depressing to spend nine months of the year longing for the other three. But he doesn’t load the dishwasher properly. I don’t really expect him to understand. I…
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Think Your Kids Are Bored of Being in Lockdown? Read This!
By Wendi Rank Every puzzle has been assembled. Every banana has been baked into bread. Every episode of The Mandalorian has been watched. Every book on Amazon has been read. Every trail has been hiked. After seven months of hanging with COVID, my teenagers wear their boredom like a ratty bathrobe. It clings to them,…
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Upper Darby Family Remembers Mom in Traditional Halloween Dance
An annual dance tradition at Halloween for an Upper Darby family took on special meaning, reports 6abc.com. Five Heistand family siblings lost their mom earlier this year. She was the one who would choreograph the moves for each Halloween dance. The kids grew up with this annual tradition, performing the dances in their back alley.…
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