As I arrived at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on an ugly, grey-skied day, I made myself focus on who I was there to remember, who I was there to honor. Our car had been experiencing difficulties the entire four hundred mile road trip and it had just failed to…
“When your life is turned upside down, somehow the rest of the world remains rooted and upright. You must fight to find a way to stand tall again. And then the real work begins as you learn to see that world with new eyes.” —- Sister Rain
Piper, our rescue parrot, is the most independent being I have ever met. Since we adopted him six years ago, I have tried to get him to allow me to cup him in my hands and hold him to my chest as I was able to do with our first…
Congressman-Elect and former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw tells us what veterans still need. Instead of saying, “Thank you for your service”, he suggests we say “never forget.” “We will never forget the sacrifices made by veterans past and present, and never forget those we lost on 9/11.” The calendar shows it…
My husband and I were watching football at a bar in New York City yesterday and I thought how much fun our nephew who is 13 would have had. Obviously, the bouncer at the door would feel differently as would the state of New York but it was such a…
My closest friends and I share everything, from the minutia of our day to larger issues we are facing at home or at the office. As I read articles this morning about the most recent shooting at the bar in California, I thought about the fact that we don’t really talk…
Salads. Nachos. I placed the order or made them myself, so I know the ingredients. And yet, every bite is a mystery when you can’t see what’s on your fork, unknown to me until the taste explodes on my tongue or my teeth make contact with texture. The delicious creation…
Friday night before 11 p.m. we had a tornado warning. I can’t remember ever receiving such an alert. There have been watches over the years, but less than twenty that I can recall in my lifetime. It was hard not to be paralyzed by fear as we made preparations to seek…
Starting a new professional endeavor as a realtor, a friend was given her first assignment: send one hundred mailers to her own personal contacts announcing her arrival into the real estate world. Of course, a small amount of vetting was required; she didn’t include her elderly aunt and uncle who…
“Getting measured for a bra is like waking up blind. It’s terrifying, shocking, carries a large degree of denial and makes you question everything you thought you knew about yourself and life.” —- Sister Rain
