Our Life in Italy
Welcome to our blog! As you can see by the menu, we traveled a lot since we retired in 2015. We moved to Italy In March 2022, and have organized our site to focus on our new life and adventures.
Be sure to follow the links to photos embedded in the blogs. Photos make a difference!
Our Beautiful Blended Family
Together, we have six children and seven grandchildren.
Maureen, the eldest, lives in Chicago. She and her husband Todd McCarty enjoy poetry and literature. Maureen works for professional medical organization and Todd is a licensed clinical social worker in Chicago.
Rebecca lives near Austin, Texas with her two daughters Moira (age 17) and Devlin (age 14). Rebecca teaches elementary school and the girls love dancing and music.
Caroline and her daughter Constance (age 13) live in Evanston, IL. Caroline is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and works at the Jesse Brown Veterans' Hospital in Chicago. Constance is very artistic and loves volleyball.
Mike (Mikey) lives in Houston and is a whiz with finance. He's also quite handy and enjoys working on projects around his house. Mikey, his wife Lynn, and Lynn's daughter Nghi (age 10) and their son Brandon (age 2) are fully entrenched in life in Houston.
Kate and her husband Lane have two children, Nova (age 20) and Frank (age 10). While Nova chooses to live in Wisconsin, the other Mildes live in Ledyard, Connecticut where they enjoy boating and water sports in the summer and snow boarding in the winter. Kate is a case worker for the state of Connecticut, and Lane works for a pharma company (yes, he worked on the COVID vaccine).
The youngest, Matthew, and his wife Ashley have a son, Connall Walker, who turned 6 on August 29 (which is also Mike's birthday). Baby Isla Clare turned 2 in October. They live in Cincinnati and Matthew and Ashley both work for the same company (P&G).
In the group photo, you also see long-time friend Steve Bailey, who has been a part of the Ewing family since the boys were in elementary school.
Back row, left to right: Matthew, Maureen, Mike.
Front row, left to right: Rebecca, Kate, Caroline.
The last time all of us were together was for a picnic in 2013. We have since added Lynn, Nghi, Brandon, Connall, and Isla to our family.