In one of those ironies of life and timing, this summer I became part of the American Cancer Society’s Blogger Council, working on the ACS new campaign for more birthdays. I couldn’t have guessed how the combination of cancer and birthdays would hit so close to home last week with the sudden death of my friend Carol. Yesterday’s [...]
What a life. What stories. Who could have imagined how the adored baby of the family would turn into a real life Teddy bear— who would bear so much—-in whose warm embrace the whole family felt safe and secure. And yet….how many times must Teddy have thought to himself—I never signed up for this….So it [...]
I’m on a plane writing this. I used to love flying and then when I became a mother I suddenly became terrified to fly alone in case of a crash leaving my kids motherless. So for the first 8 years I had kids, I never got on a plane without them. Once I got [...]
Celebration of life. Over the last 24 hours, that phrase took on a mixed meaning—with some common themes: 60 years. Old friends and new, coming together. Lots of connecting, lots of hugging, lots of stories. Homemade desserts. My marathon birthday reached a crescendo last night at my friend Jane’s house. I was surrounded by [...]
Years ago when I was a young mom living in Los Angeles, I associated crises with casseroles. It seemed as if whenever something serious happened, a group of women would circle the wagons around the woman in need of support— and magically, casseroles would appear at her door every night until the crisis passed. For a [...]
“Feeling happiness and gratitude—and thinking you can’t feel one without the other”: That’s what I wrote to update my Facebook status earlier today. Right afterwards I sat down to write a blog postscript on my birthday—- when the phone rang and pierced my cocoon of chocolate and family. Now… a few hours and a lifetime later… I’m back to that post. [...]
Besides Daniel coming home, my nephew Aaron is also visiting–he’s the one who got us to—and from—the Obama inauguration. So since he gave me a piece of American history I returned the favor with some family history— going through some boxes with my father’s and mother’s notebooks from high school and college. To me, this stuff [...]
Like most people, when I think of the sixties I’m thinking of the 1960’s. Sure hope my sixties will be as exciting as that. The decade started quietly. V was asleep. I stayed up till 3 a.m. wasting time working. The first voice of the decade: Alli’s. I was still asleep when she called on her way [...]
I’m not a car person. This is, for me, a rare understatement. If they have safety features, and get me from point A to point B, I don’t care about cars at all. V has bugged me for years to get rid of my car. First it was a point of principle with me. Now [...]
