Word: ellen
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...same was true for Rich and Mary Ellen Wholey of Wheaton, Ill., grandparents of 15 kids ages 3 months to 16 years. They toyed with the idea of moving to Arizona after snowbirding there for two winters. Instead, they bought a home in Carillon Lakes, 20 miles away. All but one of their five children live nearby. The Wholeys' nephew was killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, making them look at their decision to remain near their kids in a new light. "After going to our nephew's memorial service, we realized just how much...
...nice to have our first home meet against a quality opponent,” said co-captain Ellen Schulz. “Team morale is definitely high after this...
...We’ve dealt with younger teams in the past few years,” said co-captain Ellen Schulz. “We’re trying to take it to that next level. We lost [senior] Emily Katz with a torn ACL, so that’s obviously something to overcome...
Nostalgia shows like The Wonder Years appealed to adults by re-creating their childhood past. But this gaggle of series offers the greater, reassuring fantasy that you can re-create your childhood today, right down to, as on Ellen DeGeneres' The Ellen Show, moving back into your old bedroom. "The characters experience a new beginning but also have an anchor and things that are familiar to them," says Ed creator Rob Burnett. "There is a certain feeling of trying to recapture youth that we find appealing...
...away from parents and siblings and to have the fun of introducing her to new experiences. Beyond that, they wanted to pass on the history of their family and an idea of how it connected to history in a larger sense. They want all their grandchildren to understand, as Ellen puts it, that "this is our world. You're not separate from these other countries...