Posts by Scott Sosna

In addition to a wife, partner, and best friend, my marriage also brought (official) three step-children into my life. With the signatures on a marriage license, Mom acquired three step-grandchildren…

The drive from New York City to Westport, Connecticut to visit our grandparents took one of two routes: the Connecticut Turnpike or the Merritt Parkway. Though comparable in distance and…

Tuesday, October 13, 1981, appeared to be like any other school day: wake up, get dressed, eat breakfast, and catch the school bus. And essentially that's what happened. I went…

Mom insisted that her children follow some basic principles or precepts that she reiterated throughout childhood and which I still abide by: Don't use the N-word. Always wear a seat…

Growing up, education was always important to Mom, and ultimately became her profession for over forty years. An oft-mentioned teaching job that Mom desired was Reading Teacher, running a full-time…

After I turned four, Mom enrolled me in New York City's Pre-K program while we lived in Manhattan, I believe in the same building as the local elementary. I can…

My uncle was a professional magician whom amazed us with his tricks: he once "guillotined" his mother, my grandmother, slicing the carrot under her neck without any injury to her,…

When I was perhaps thirteen years old, Mom took most (all?) of her children to Preston for whomever's doctor's appointment. Though Preston was - and still is - a small…

The annual Middle School Carnival was an afternoon of early-teen debauchery: play games, win prizes blow off steam and, most importantly, skip classes. Each game cost so many tickets for…

This is more a story told to me than a direct memory, less about Mom than Mom's reaction. My three younger siblings had not started school when Mom took her…