Ladder Of Years by Anne Tyler
Delia, short for Cordelia, is the central character of Anne Tyler’s Ladder Of Years. As usual for Anne Tyler, Delia is a Baltimore resident, a wife, a mother and probably, at least from the outside, a pillar of strength and dependability in both family and community. The children are growing up. Which children don’t? Bet then it’s how they grow up that matters, isn’t it? Sam, the husband, is doing moderately well. Moderate seems to be the word, as far as Sam is concerned. He’s hardly made a success of the business he inherited from Delia’s father, but the family …
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The great gift of a loving supportive family is probably one of the greatest we can hope to receive. Does not matter whether there are just two of you or if you are a family unit of fifty, nothing matches the feeling of having people around you who love your for who and what you are. Although no family unit is ever perfect, and you may at times wish you did not have to be around your family, but the security, friendship, loyalty and love of a family cannot be replaced by anyone or anything else. That is just the …
Christmas is a time that most families especially children look forward to. It is a season of joy, bonding and lot of fun. It is a period for families to come together engaging in various activities. These activities could be indoor games or outdoor sports. The indoor games vary from family to family for some; it could be printable games like cross word puzzle, scrabble, snakes and ladder, chess and monopoly. These various indoor games help to bring togetherness and oneness in the family. Christmas time is also a time when family members that have been away for a long …