Homage to the Generation That’s Been Thirty for Forty Years
I was on a cruise last week with a bunch of GenXers! Now, I realize that I am solidly a GenX, but I still think …
The Big C Has Met Its Match
“Well, fuck! I have cancer! Fucking Cancer!?!” This was the first thought I had when I found out just over a month ago that I …
Guiding Mom as She Charts a New Course
What a busy couple of months I’ve had! It feels like I haven’t had time to do much of anything, and I know I have …
A Daughter’s Swan Song to The Band Director
How do you sum up 55 years into five to ten minutes? This is a question I’ve been asking myself over the past few days, …
Still A Daddy’s Girl at Double Nickels: A Story of Love and Connection
I spent last weekend in Tampa at a Storyteller’s Workshop with other widows and adult children who have lost a hero, and one of the …
Endless Love and A Thousand Words
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In my case, a thousand words can’t possibly say what this picture is worth to me, …
Painting a Tapestry of the Ties That Bind Us
I’ve started painting recently. Not painting the house or changing colors of rooms or walls but painting actual pictures. I missed going to painting parties, …