songbird's crazy world

My gold loveknot earrings, the small ones in the Tiffany box, are special.   I won them in a raffle.  No biggie, except that the raffle took place at Relay for Life. For those who don't know, Relay for Life is an American Cancer Society event.  The objective is to form teams, and each team is expected to take turns walking around a track all night long.  It was June 2007, the first year our school district held this event.  We held the event at my daughters' high school, the one where the football field is dead center in the middle of the track.  At one end of the track was a stage, where the politicians spoke and the school groups performed.  At the other end of the track were the vendors, the raffle tables, etc.  The middle of the field, of course, was tent city. Becca was a freshman that year and Jen was a junior.  Becca was all enthused about the event because her dance team was scheduled to perform early in the evening, her go...

Our school distict held its 3rd annual Relay for Life this weekend. Relay is held on the high school track, and it's an all-night affair -- those who plan to stay all night set up camp on the grass, mostly in tents. We had two tents on our campsite, one for Becca and her friends, and a second for the chaperones -- me and my ex husband Drew. You must understand that no one in my family, or in my ex's family, ever embraced an outdoor "let's go camping" lifestyle. I bought my tent two years ago, the first time the school did Relay, and I've used it exactly twice. Drew bought his tent specifically for this year's Relay. In the battle of Robin and Drew vs. the tenst, the tents took round one...but ultimately we prevailed, and set up our camp. We made ourselves comfortable -- a cooler full of food and beverages, lawn chairs, sleeping bags. The weather cooperated this year, for the most part. We had a bright, sunny day yesterday, followed by a clear, moonlit nigh...

This will be the third year that our school district will hold a Relay for Life. Our first Relay, in 2007, was a huge success. We camped out at the high school all night, raised a huge amount of money for the American Cancer Society. It rained last year, and most Long Island Relays were cancelled. We held ours in the high school gym (it ended at midnight) and raised a ton of money. They lined up the luminaria on the bleachers, spelling out the words "hope" and "cure". (click on photos to enlarge -- some day I'll learn how to resize photos to fit the blog). you can donate in my name here .

thanks to suzanne , I decided to join the party. I got into blogging last year because of Suzanne. I've known her on message boards for awhile, but I've gotten to know her much better since entering the blogosphere. I've also met several others whose blogs I am starting to love, and look forward to meeting even more bloggers now that I've joined the party. So I guess that means I have to introduce myself. I am a single mom from Long Island. My older daughter, Jen, is a college freshman, going to school in New England. Younger daughter, Becca, is a high school junior. I am also an attorney with an insurance company, with offices in Jersey City, NJ, a really "wonderful" commute. I sit on the board of trustees at my synagogue (which means I do a lot of volunteer work there!), and I am active in various fundraisers for the American Cancer Society, currently planning for this year's Relay for Life. I like ot take photos, so you'll see many of them in ...

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